Determining the wettability of carbon fiber tows from single fiber contact angle data
Jian Wang, Si Qiu, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, PR China
Carlos A. Fuentes, Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium
Physical adhesion between carbon fibers (CFs) and polymer matrices as well as the formation of voids at the interface between these two materials are mostly determined by the wetting properties of the fibers. Due to the hierarchical structure of CF reinforcements, it is essential to study their w...