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Mechanical Properties of Epoxy Nanocomposites

Relevant Publications

  1. Khare, K. S.; Khabaz, F.; Khare, R.; “Effect of carbon nanotube functionalization on mechanical and thermal properties of cross-linked epoxy-carbon nanotube nanocomposites: Role of strengthening the interfacial interactions ”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 6, 6098-6110 (2014).
  2. Sirk, T. W.; Khare, K. S.; Karim, M.; Lenhart, J. L.; Andzelm, J. W.; McKenna, G. B.; Khare R.; “High strain rate mechanical properties of a cross-linked epoxy across the glass transition”, Polymer, 54, 7048-7057 (2013).
  3. Khare, K. S.; Khare, R. “Effect of carbon nanotube dispersion on glass transition in cross-Linked epoxy – carbon nanotube nanocomposites: Role of interfacial interactions”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 117, 7444 (2013).
  4. Khare, K. S.; Khare, R.; “Directed diffusion approach for preparing atomistic models of cross-linked epoxy for use in molecular simulations”, Macromol. Theory Simul., 21, 322-327 (2012).
  5. Soni, N.; Lin, P.-H.; Khare, R.; “Effect of cross-linker length on the thermal and volumetric properties of cross-linked epoxy networks: A molecular simulation study”, Polymer, 53, 1015-1019 (2012).
  6. Lin, P.-H.; Khare, R.; “Glass transition and structural properties of glycidyloxypropyl-heptaphenyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-epoxy nanocomposites: A molecular simulation study”, J. Therm. Anal. Calorim., 102, 461-467 (2010).
  7. Lin, P.-H.; Khare, R.; “Local chain dynamics and dynamic heterogeneity in cross-linked epoxy in the vicinity of glass transition”, Macromolecules, 43, 6505-6510 (2010).
  8. Lin, P.-H.; Khare, R.; “Molecular simulation of cross-linked epoxy and epoxy-POSS nanocomposite”, Macromolecules, 42, 4319-4327 (2009).

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