Effects of fibre-surface morphology on the mechanical properties of Porifera-inspired rubber-matrix composites

Parvez Alam; Daniela Graf Stillfried; Jessika Celli; Martti Toivakka

doi:10.1007/s00339-013-7637-z

Effects of fibre-surface morphology on the mechanical properties of Porifera-inspired rubber-matrix composites

Parvez Alam, Daniela Graf Stillfried, Jessika Celli, Martti Toivakka

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Abstract

In this paper, mineralised organic fibre morphologies, inspired by the structures of Porifera (sponges) are correlated to the mechanical performance of fibre reinforced rubbers. The mineralised structures are rich in calcium carbonate and silica. These compounds nucleate and precipitate on the fibre surfaces yielding different morphologies as a function of mineral ion concentrations. Smaller mineralised precipitates manifestly improve the mechanical performance of composites while thicker precipitates enveloping the fibres give rise to inferior properties. Mechanisms and evidenced reasoning for these differences are reported herein.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)	1031–1036
Number of pages	6
Journal	Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing
Volume	111
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-013-7637-z
Publication status	Published - 2013
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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