Publication detail

Plasma nanocoatings developed to control the shear strength of polymer composites

ZVONEK, M. ŠIRJOVOVÁ, V. BRÁNECKÝ, M. PLICHTA, T. SKÁCEL, J. ČECH, V.

Original Title

Plasma nanocoatings developed to control the shear strength of polymer composites

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

All reinforcements for polymer-matrix composites must be coated with a suitable material in the form of thin film to improve compatibility and interfacial adhesion between the reinforcement and the polymer matrix. In this study, plasma nanotechnology was used to synthetize such functional nanocoatings using pure tetravinylsilane (TVS) and its mixtures with oxygen gas (O2) as precursors. The plasma-coated glass fibers (GFs) were unidirectionally embedded in a polyester resin to produce short composite beams that were analyzed by a short-beam-shear test to determine the shear strength characterizing the functionality of the nanocoatings in a GF/polyester composite. The developed plasma nanocoatings allowed controlling the shear strength between 26.2 – 44.1 MPa depending on deposition conditions, i.e., the RF power and the oxygen fraction in the TVS/O2 mixture. This range of shear strength appears to be sufficiently broad to be used in the design of composites.

Keywords

plasma nanocoatings; glass fibers; polymer-matrix composites; interface/interphase; shear strength; adhesion

Authors

ZVONEK, M.; ŠIRJOVOVÁ, V.; BRÁNECKÝ, M.; PLICHTA, T.; SKÁCEL, J.; ČECH, V.

Released

15. 7. 2019

Publisher

MDPI

ISBN

2073-4360

Periodical

Polymers

Year of study

11

Number

7

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

16

Pages count

16

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/11/7/1188

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/180573

BibTex

@article{BUT158284,
  author="Milan {Zvonek} and Veronika {Širjovová} and Martin {Bránecký} and Tomáš {Plichta} and Josef {Skácel} and Vladimír {Čech}",
  title="Plasma nanocoatings developed to control the shear strength of polymer composites",
  journal="Polymers",
  year="2019",
  volume="11",
  number="7",
  pages="1--16",
  doi="10.3390/polym11071188",
  issn="2073-4360",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/11/7/1188"
}

Documents

polymers-11-01188-v2.pdf