Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Nanocyl S.a.

Olivier Rochez

Ignaas Verpoest

Luca Mezzo

Ajay Godara

Frédéric Luizi

Ashish Warrier

Stepan Lomov

The present invention refers to a method for the preparation of a reinforced thermoset polymer composite, said thermoset polymer composite comprising coated fibers, the coating being used as a vehicle for the introduction of carbon nanotubes into the thermoset polymer, the preparation of said reinforced thermoset polymer composite comprising the following steps: &#x2014;providing fibers; &#x2014;preparing a coating comprising carbon nanotubes and a polymeric binder; &#x2014;applying said coating to said fibers to obtain coated fibers; &#x2014;impregnating said coated fibers with a precursor of a thermoset polymer and letting part of the carbon nanotubes transfer from the coating into the precursor of the thermoset polymer; &#x2014;curing said precursor containing the coated fibers and the transferred carbon nanotubes to achieve the reinforced thermoset polymer composite.

Method for the preparation of a reinforced thermoset polymer composite

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Olivier Rochez