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Improvement of Stab Resistant Body Armor Using SiO2 Nanoparticles Dispersed into Silane Coupling Agent through Sonic Cavitation

Lambert V., Mahfuz H., Bordner P., Florida Atlantic University, US

Enhancing a flexible body armor using the Shear Thickening Fluid theory (STF) with use of SiO2 nanoparticles has shown good results regarding the stab resistance. A completely new approach based on investigations demonstrates that silated [...]

Synthesis of Shear Thickening Fluid Using Sonochemical Method

Rangari V.K., Hassan T.A., Mahfuz H., Jeelani S., Tuskegee University, US

Shear thickening fluid is developed using sonochemical method which one step process and can be processed from its dry metal oxide powder forms instead of its colloidal solution. The main problem with the current process [...]

Development of Stab Resistant Body Armor using Fumed SiO2 Nanoparticles Dispersed into Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) through Sonic Cavitation

Mahfuz H., Clements F.E., Stewart J., Florida Atlantic University, US

Traditionally, the development of shear thickening fluid (STF) begins with micron size silica suspended in water. This material is transformed into STF through centrifugation and exchange processes. In other approaches polyethylene glycol (PEG) is added [...]