Table 2. Tensile Properties of Neat PMMA, Dried and Well-Consolidated BC Nanofiber Network, and the Fabricated BC–PMMA Composites with Three Different Reinforcing BC Nanofiber Network Architecturesa.
sample | E (GPa) | σ (MPa) | ε (%) |
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neat PMMA | 3.4 ± 0.4 | 72 ± 2 | 4.2 ± 0.6 |
composite I | 4.5 ± 0.6 | 69 ± 4 | 2.2 ± 0.1 |
composite II | 4.0 ± 0.2 | 71 ± 4 | 2.6 ± 0.3 |
composite III | 4.2 ± 0.2 | 69 ± 5 | 3.3 ± 0.2 |
dried and well-consolidated two-dimensional BC nanofiber network | 19.6 ± 0.3 | 188 ± 9 | 1.4 ± 0.1 |
E, σ, and ε correspond to tensile modulus, tensile strength, and strain-at-failure, respectively.