TY - CONF A1 - Cysne Barbosa, Ana Paula A1 - Azevedo do Nascimento, Allana A1 - PavasarytÄ—, Lina A1 - Trappe, Volker A1 - Melo, D. T1 - Effect of addition of thermoplastic self-healing agent on fracture toughness of epoxy N2 - Self-healing agents have the potential to restore mechanical properties and extend service life of composite materials. Thermoplastic healing agents have been extensively investigated for this purpose in epoxy matrix composites due to their strong adhesion to epoxy and their ability to fill in microcracks. One of the most investigated thermoplastic additives for this purpose is poly(ethylene-co-methacrylic acid) (EMAA). Despite the ability of thermoplastic healing agents to restore mechanical properties, it is important to assess how the addition of thermoplastic healing agents affect properties of the original epoxy material. In this work, EMAA was added to epoxy resin and the effect of the additive on fracture toughness of epoxy was evaluated. Results indicate that although added in low concentrations, EMAA can affect fracture toughness. T2 - 6th Brazilian Conference on Composite Materials CY - Tiradentes, Minas Gerais, Brazil DA - 14.08.2022 KW - Epoxy KW - Self-healing KW - Thermoplastic KW - Fracture PY - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-572707 SN - 978-65-00-49386-3 SN - 2316-1337 SP - 219 EP - 222 AN - OPUS4-57270 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -