Nacre-like composites made by graphite nanoplatelets

Among the different composite architectures, nanolaminates are emerging as interesting materials for structural and functional applications. Nanolaminateis abiomimetic architecture copying the structure of nacre consisting of the assemblyof well-oriented nanoscopically thin laminae held together by a low content of matrix. In this work an aeronautical grade epoxy resin (RTM6) has been chosenas the matrix of thepre-impregnated nanolaminates constituted by the assembly of well-oriented Graphite NanoPlatelets, GNPs. Composition, morphology, tension and bending performance have been investigated for the single ply at two nominalcontentsofepoxy (20 and 30% wt/wt).