@article{
author = "Simić, Danica and Stojanović, Dušica and Dimić, Mirjana and Misković, Katarina and Marjanović, Milica and Burzić, Zijah and Uskoković, Petar and Zak, Alla and Tenne, Reshef",
year = "2019",
abstract = "Impact resistant nanocomposites are recognized as promising in saving lives in the car, skiing and bicycle accidents, preventing the failure of polymer-based prostheses and orthotic devices, as well as for various defense applications. This research reports improved impact and ballistic resistance of composite materials based on p-aramid fabric impregnated with phenolic resin and poly (vinyl butyral) (PVB), reinforced with small amounts of inorganic fullerene-like nanoparticles of tungsten disulfide (IF-WS2) and multiwall inorganic nanotubes (INT-WS2). The evaluation of the tensile testing resulted in significant improvements in the tensile strength (24.7%) and toughness (64.1%) for the composites with the addition of only 0.3 wt% INT-WS2 nanotubes. The impact toughness increased by 35.8%; the back-face deformation depths after shots were reduced by 12%; the absorbed energy of the knife stab 8.5% higher and the deformation depth 40.4% smaller than for the sample without the nanoreinforcement. The reaction of the composite material to shot impact was recorded by high-speed and infrared camera, to observe heating and cooling rates of the sample caused by dissipation of the kinetic energy of the shots.",
publisher = "Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford",
journal = "Composites Part B-Engineering",
title = "Impact resistant hybrid composites reinforced with inorganic nanoparticles and nanotubes of WS2",
volume = "176",
doi = "10.1016/j.compositesb.2019.107222"
}