Interfacial tailoring of continuous glass fiber reinforced PMMA thermoplastic composites via KH570 surface modification for enhanced mechanical and thermal performance

Yichen Jin, Xiaolei Liu, Yanxia Cao, Yiru Zhang, Di Zhang, Wanjie Wang, Jianmin Zhang, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, Zhengzhou University, Longzihu New Energy Laboratory, Zhengzhou Institute of Emerging Industrial Technology, Guangzhou HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials

Published online on May 21, 2026

Abstract

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Continuous glass fiber (CGF)-reinforced thermoplastic composites fabricated by vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) often suffer from insufficient fiber–matrix interfacial bonding, which limits effective stress transfer and mechanical ...