| abstract |
THE METHOD OF INCREASING THE INTERLAMINAR SHEAR STRENGTH CAPABILITIES OF A MATERIAL TO BE BONDED TO ANOTHER MATERIAL BY GROWING INTEGRALLY-ATTACHED MONOCRYSTALLINE WHISKERS OUT FROM THE SURFACE OF THE FIRST MATERIAL BOTH TO ROUGHEN ITS SURFACE FOR BONDING TO A DEPOSITED MATRIX MATERIAL, OR TO A PLASTIC, AND TO CHANGE ITS SURFACE CHEMISTRY TO IMPROVE BONDING, FOR INSTANCE TO A RESIN. THE INVENTION INCLUDES THE REINFORCING A FIBEROUS STRUCTURES BY THE INTERTWINING OF WHISKERS GROWN ACROSS VOIDS THEREBETWEEN, AND FURTHER INCLUDES VARIOUS WHISKER-GROWN STRUCTURES PER SE. |