How the Toughest Inorganic Fullerene Cages Absorb Shockwave Pressures in a Protective Nanocomposite: Experimental Evidence from Two In Situ Investigations
- Submitting institution
-
University of Exeter
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 2060
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
-
10.1021/acsnano.7b02943
- Title of journal
- ACS NANO
- Article number
- -
- First page
- 8114
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 8
- ISSN
- 1936-0851
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- August
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
-
-
- Supplementary information
-
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.7b02943#notes-1
- Request cross-referral to
- -
- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
- -
- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
-
7
- Research group(s)
-
E - Nano Engineering Science and Technology
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- The first experiments to verify the superb shock absorbing behaviour of inorganic fullerene-like WS2 nanoparticles in a composite using two in-situ techniques. This work generated some specific impacts on ballistic, impact resistance and military applications of WS2-based composites. This was highlighted by Bojana Visic for the potential use of such nanocomposites in JACS, by Danica Simi; for the potential military application in 'Scientific Technical Review', and by R Tenner (the discoverer of the WS2) in his recent advanced review paper (Nanoscale) as a key and promising research direction. The work also helped Fang-XU secure a Fellowship (Anne McLaren Fellow-Nottingham).
- Author contribution statement
- -
- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
- -
