Enhancing the Mechanical Toughness of Epoxy-Resin Composites Using Natural Silk Reinforcements
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11919-1
Abstract: Strong and tough epoxy composites are developed using a less-studied fibre reinforcement, that of natural silk. Two common but structurally distinct silks from the domestic B. mori/Bm and the wild A. pernyi/Ap silkworms are selected… read more here.
Keywords: epoxy resin; natural silk; silk; silk reinforcements ... See more keywords