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The interlaminar toughness of carbon-fibre reinforced plastic composites using ‘hybrid-toughened’ matrices

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The authors wish to thank the Royal Academy of Engineering for a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship and the Royal Society for a Brian Mercer Postdoctoral Award for Innovation for Dr. A.C. Taylor and a studentship from the Government of Trinidad & Tobago for Mr. R.D. Mohammed. Also, they would wish to acknowledge the general support from the US Army European Research Office for Mr. R.D. Mohammed.

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Kinloch, A.J., Mohammed, R.D., Taylor, A.C. et al. The interlaminar toughness of carbon-fibre reinforced plastic composites using ‘hybrid-toughened’ matrices. J Mater Sci 41, 5043–5046 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-0130-8

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