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. 2019 Jun 6;4(6):9896–9903. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.9b00388

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 (%)
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
a

E, σ, and ε correspond to tensile modulus, tensile strength, and strain-at-failure, respectively.