Preparation of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Aerogel/Epoxy Nanocomposites and Experimental Study of Mechanical Properties

Subject Areas : meso/micro/nano fabrication

ali kordi ¹ , saeed adibnazari ² , Ali Imam ³ , mohammad najafi ⁴ , maryam ghasabzadeh saryazdi ⁵

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Aerospace Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
4 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
5 - Vehicle Technology Research Institute, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2020-07-20 Accepted : 2020-09-18 Published : 2020-12-01

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Conflicts of Interest

The founding sponsors had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, and in the decision to publish the results.