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. 2020 Oct 15;13(20):4590. doi: 10.3390/ma13204590

Table 1.

Parameters of enhanced mechanical properties.

Composites Mechanical Properties
(Compared with Pure Matrix)
Ref.
Filler (Content) Matrix
TiO2@DPP (0.10 wt %) PC Elongation at break: 126.4% (27.7 higher)
Tensile strength: 78.0 MPa (14.7% higher)
[43]
SiC@SiO2-NH2 (10 wt %) PI Tensile strength: 185 MPa (77.1% higher) [44]
SiO2@PMMA (5 wt %) PVC Elongation at break: 36.8% (105.6% higher)
Tensile strength: 42.9 MPa (100.5% higher)
[45]
SiO2@PDMAEMA (2 wt %) PAA Compressive strength: 349.96 kPa (113.5% higher); [46]
CaCO3@PMMA (0.75 wt %) PP Elongation at break: 675% (68.8% higher) [47]
CaCO3@PMMA (1 wt %) PP Tensile strength: 55 MPa (71.9% higher) [47]
CaCO3@PS (0.25 wt %) PS Elongation at break: around 50% (11% hgiher) [48]
CaCO3@PS (1 wt %) PS Tensile strength: around 35 MPa (34% higher) [48]
TiO2@PS (1 phr) LLDPE/PLA Elongation at break: 980% (95.2% higher)
Tensile strength: 16.5 MPa (94.1% higher)
[49]
Starch@PMA (20 wt %) PPC Young’ s modulus: 529 MPa (50.4-fold higher)
Tensile strength: 21.5 MPa (3.2-fold higher)
Toughness: 82 J·m−3 (44% higher)
[50]
NR@PMMA-co-PMPS (5 wt %) PMMA Impact strength: 5.40 kJ/m2 (17.9% higher)
Elongation at break: 6.25% (91% higher)
Tensile strength: 54.59 MPa (2% higher)
[51]
BAR@MMA (3 wt %) CDA Impact strength: around 145 J/m (115% higher) [52]
Poly(n-butyl acrylate)@PMMA
(16.66 wt %)
PBT Impact strength: 75.20 kJ/m2 (8.64-fold higher) [53]
Ni@NiO (5 wt %) EP Hardness: 0.5 GPa (37.8% higher)
Elastic modulus: 5.6 GPa (16.3% higher)
Wear resistance: increased by 22.2-fold
[54]

DPP: diphenylphosphinic; PC: polycarbonate; PI: polyimide; PMMA: polymethyl methacrylate; PVC: polyvinyl chloride; PDMAEMA: poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate); PAA: polyacrylic acid; PP: polypropylene; PS: polystyrene; LLDPE: linear low-density polyethylene; PLA: poly lactic acid; PMA: poly-(methyl acrylate); EP: epoxy resin; PPC: poly(propylene carbonate); NR: natural rubber; BAR: butyl acrylate rubber; CDA: cellulose diacetate; PBT: polybutylece terephthalate; PMMA-co-PMPS: poly(methyl methacrylate)-co-poly(3-trimethoxy silylpropyl methacrylate).