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. 2018 Mar 22;10(4):357. doi: 10.3390/polym10040357
1H-NMR proton nuclear magnetic resonance
ABS acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene
AE acoustic emission
AFM atomic force microscopy
AM additive manufacturing
AROP anionic (activated) ring-opening polymerization
C1 Bruggolen C1 (initiator: CLMgBr)
C10 Bruggolen C10 (initiator: NaCL)
C20 Bruggolen C20P (activator: hexamethylene-1.6-dicarbomoylcaprolactam)
CB carbon black
CBT cyclic butylene terephthalate
CF carbon fiber
CL ε-caprolactam
CLMgBr ε-caprolactam magnesium bromide
CNC nanocrystalline cellulose
CNF carbon nanofibers
CNT carbon nanotubes
CTT conversion-temperature transformation
DMA dynamic mechanical analysis
DMF dimethylformamide
DOC degree of conversion
dpolym length of the polymerization part of the pultrusion die
DSC differential scanning calorimetry
E Young’s modulus
Fpul pulling force
FR flow rate
FTIR Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy
G shear modulus
GF glass fiber
GO graphene oxide
GPC gel permeation chromatography
gsm gram per square meter (surface weight)
HDT heat distortion temperature
HMDI hexamethylene di-isocyanate
HSIMT high speed impact-bending test
ILSS interlaminar shear strength
IS impact strength
LCM liquid composite molding
LDPE low density polyethylene
LDPE-g-MA LDPE grafted by maleic anhydride
LL ω-laurolactam
LP-RTM low pressure resin transfer molding
MA maleic anhydride
MC microcapsulation
MMA methyl methacrylate
MMT montmorillonite clay
Mn number average MW
Mv viscosity average MW
Mw weight average MW
MW molecular weight
MWCNT multiwall carbon nanotube
NaCL sodium caprolactamate
NBC nylon block copolymer
NBR acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber
NMP N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone
NMR nuclear magnetic resonance
OMMT organophilic-modified MMT clay
PA polyamide
PA-12 polyamide-12
PA-6 polyamide-6
PA-6,6 polyamide-6,6
PBT polybutylene terephthalate
PCL polycaprolactone
Pclamp clamping pressure
PDMS polydimethylsiloxane
phr parts per hundred parts of resin
PI polyimide
PIC phenyl isocyanate (also as cyclic trimer)
Pinj injection pressure
PMMA polymethyl methacrylate
POSS polyhedral oligomeric silsequioxane
PP polypropylene
Pp process pressure
PPE polyphenylene ether
PPG polypropyleneglycol
PP-g-MA PP grafted by maleic anhydride
PP-g-PA-6 PP grafted by PA-6
PS polystyrene
R/r mold major and minor radius
RH relative humidity
RIM reaction injection molding
RISP reaction-induced phase separation
RMC residual monomer content
RT room temperature
RTM resin transfer molding
SAN styrene-acrylonitrile
SAXS small angle X-ray scattering
SCF short carbon fibers
SEBS styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene
SEBS-g-MA SEBS grafted by maleic anhydride
SEC size exclusion chromatography
SEM scanning electron microscopy
SMA styrene-maleic anhydride
SPC self-reinforced composite
SRIM structural reaction injection molding
SWCNT single-walled carbon nanotubes
T0 initial temperature
Tc crystallization temperature
Tc crystallization temperature
Tcool cooling temperature
tcycle cycle time
TDI toluene 2,4-diisocyanate
TEM transmission electron microscopy
Tf fusion temperature
Tg glass transition temperature
TGA thermogravimetric analysis
tinj injection time
Tm melting temperature
Tmax process maximum temperature
Tmold mold temperature
TPC thermoplastic composites
tpolym polymerization time
Tproc processing temperature
TPU thermoplastic polyurethane
Trc recrystallization temperature
TRI-pultrusion thermoplastic reaction injection pultrusion
TTT time-temperature-transformation
VC void content
Vf fiber (reinforcement) volume content
Vpul pultrusion line speed
WAXS wide angle X-ray scattering
Wf fiber (reinforcement) weight fraction
XC degree of crystallinity
XPS X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
XRD X-ray diffraction
ΔHf heat of fusion
εR elongation at break
η intrinsic viscosity
μ viscosity
ρ density
σ- ultimate tensile strength
ω rotation speed of the rotors