TY  - JOUR
AU  - Stajčić, Ivana
AU  - Stajčić, Aleksandar
AU  - Serpa, Cristina
AU  - Vasiljević-Radović, Dana
AU  - Ranđelović, Branislav
AU  - Radojević, Vesna
AU  - Fecht, Hans
PY  - 2022
UR  - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/10576
AB  - Polymers and polymer matrix composites are commonly used materials with applications extending from packaging materials to delicate electronic devices. Epoxy resins and fiber-reinforced epoxy-based composites have been used as adhesives and construction parts. Fractal analysis has been recognized in materials science as a valuable tool for the microstructural characterization of composites by connecting fractal characteristics with composites’ functional properties. In this study, fractal reconstructions of different microstructural shapes in an epoxy-based composite were performed on field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) images. These images were of glass fiber reinforced epoxy as well as a hybrid composite containing both glass and electrospun polystyrene fibers in an epoxy matrix. Fractal reconstruction enables the identification of self-similarity in the fractal structure, which represents a novelty in analyzing the fractal properties of materials. Fractal Real Finder software, based on the mathematical affine fractal regression model, was employed to reconstruct different microstructure shapes and calculate fractal dimensions to develop a method of predicting the optimal structure–property relations in composite materials in the future.
T2  - Fractal and Fractional
T1  - Microstructure of Epoxy-Based Composites: Fractal Nature Analysis †
VL  - 6
IS  - 12
SP  - 741
DO  - 10.3390/fractalfract6120741
ER  - 

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author = "Stajčić, Ivana and Stajčić, Aleksandar and Serpa, Cristina and Vasiljević-Radović, Dana and Ranđelović, Branislav and Radojević, Vesna and Fecht, Hans",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Polymers and polymer matrix composites are commonly used materials with applications extending from packaging materials to delicate electronic devices. Epoxy resins and fiber-reinforced epoxy-based composites have been used as adhesives and construction parts. Fractal analysis has been recognized in materials science as a valuable tool for the microstructural characterization of composites by connecting fractal characteristics with composites’ functional properties. In this study, fractal reconstructions of different microstructural shapes in an epoxy-based composite were performed on field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) images. These images were of glass fiber reinforced epoxy as well as a hybrid composite containing both glass and electrospun polystyrene fibers in an epoxy matrix. Fractal reconstruction enables the identification of self-similarity in the fractal structure, which represents a novelty in analyzing the fractal properties of materials. Fractal Real Finder software, based on the mathematical affine fractal regression model, was employed to reconstruct different microstructure shapes and calculate fractal dimensions to develop a method of predicting the optimal structure–property relations in composite materials in the future.",
journal = "Fractal and Fractional",
title = "Microstructure of Epoxy-Based Composites: Fractal Nature Analysis †",
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Stajčić, I., Stajčić, A., Serpa, C., Vasiljević-Radović, D., Ranđelović, B., Radojević, V.,& Fecht, H.. (2022). Microstructure of Epoxy-Based Composites: Fractal Nature Analysis †. in Fractal and Fractional, 6(12), 741.
https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract6120741

Stajčić I, Stajčić A, Serpa C, Vasiljević-Radović D, Ranđelović B, Radojević V, Fecht H. Microstructure of Epoxy-Based Composites: Fractal Nature Analysis †. in Fractal and Fractional. 2022;6(12):741.
doi:10.3390/fractalfract6120741 .

Stajčić, Ivana, Stajčić, Aleksandar, Serpa, Cristina, Vasiljević-Radović, Dana, Ranđelović, Branislav, Radojević, Vesna, Fecht, Hans, "Microstructure of Epoxy-Based Composites: Fractal Nature Analysis †" in Fractal and Fractional, 6, no. 12 (2022):741,
https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract6120741 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Radović, Ivana M.
AU  - Mitić, Vojislav V.
AU  - Stajčić, Aleksandar
AU  - Serpa, Cristina
AU  - Ribar, Srđan
AU  - Ranđelović, Branislav
AU  - Vlahović, Branislav
PY  - 2021
UR  - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/10787
AB  - Polymers offer the possibility of different reinforcement incorporation due to a broad range of chemical structures.Along with this feature, their light weight and processing ease made them a class of materials that have been applied in construction parts, drug delivery agents or electronic devices. Epoxy-based composites have used as insulators in microelectronic devices due to its chemical resistance, good adhesion properties and endurance. As epoxies have low fracture resistance, they are often reinforced with different kinds of fibers.With thorough knowledge of the structure, physical properties can be predicted and included in the processing of future composites, especially that electronic materials minituarization brought micro- and nanoscale level properties at spotlight. Fractal nature analysis is a mathematical method that has proved to be efficient in grain interface properties applied on perovskite ceramic materials.In our study, fiber shape reconstruction and determination of Hausdorff dimension have been achieved with the application of fractal regression model employed in software Fractal Real Finder opening a new path for the prediction of reinforcement shape and size, all with the aim of processing composite materials with desired properties.
PB  - Belgrade : Serbian Ceramic Society
C3  - Advanced Ceramics and Application : 9th Serbian Ceramic Society Conference : program and the book of abstracts; September 20-21, 2021; Belgrade
T1  - Fractal reconstruction of fiber-reinforced polymer composites
SP  - 49
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_vinar_10787
ER  - 

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author = "Radović, Ivana M. and Mitić, Vojislav V. and Stajčić, Aleksandar and Serpa, Cristina and Ribar, Srđan and Ranđelović, Branislav and Vlahović, Branislav",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Polymers offer the possibility of different reinforcement incorporation due to a broad range of chemical structures.Along with this feature, their light weight and processing ease made them a class of materials that have been applied in construction parts, drug delivery agents or electronic devices. Epoxy-based composites have used as insulators in microelectronic devices due to its chemical resistance, good adhesion properties and endurance. As epoxies have low fracture resistance, they are often reinforced with different kinds of fibers.With thorough knowledge of the structure, physical properties can be predicted and included in the processing of future composites, especially that electronic materials minituarization brought micro- and nanoscale level properties at spotlight. Fractal nature analysis is a mathematical method that has proved to be efficient in grain interface properties applied on perovskite ceramic materials.In our study, fiber shape reconstruction and determination of Hausdorff dimension have been achieved with the application of fractal regression model employed in software Fractal Real Finder opening a new path for the prediction of reinforcement shape and size, all with the aim of processing composite materials with desired properties.",
publisher = "Belgrade : Serbian Ceramic Society",
journal = "Advanced Ceramics and Application : 9th Serbian Ceramic Society Conference : program and the book of abstracts; September 20-21, 2021; Belgrade",
title = "Fractal reconstruction of fiber-reinforced polymer composites",
pages = "49",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_vinar_10787"
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Radović, I. M., Mitić, V. V., Stajčić, A., Serpa, C., Ribar, S., Ranđelović, B.,& Vlahović, B.. (2021). Fractal reconstruction of fiber-reinforced polymer composites. in Advanced Ceramics and Application : 9th Serbian Ceramic Society Conference : program and the book of abstracts; September 20-21, 2021; Belgrade
Belgrade : Serbian Ceramic Society., 49.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_vinar_10787

Radović IM, Mitić VV, Stajčić A, Serpa C, Ribar S, Ranđelović B, Vlahović B. Fractal reconstruction of fiber-reinforced polymer composites. in Advanced Ceramics and Application : 9th Serbian Ceramic Society Conference : program and the book of abstracts; September 20-21, 2021; Belgrade. 2021;:49.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_vinar_10787 .

Radović, Ivana M., Mitić, Vojislav V., Stajčić, Aleksandar, Serpa, Cristina, Ribar, Srđan, Ranđelović, Branislav, Vlahović, Branislav, "Fractal reconstruction of fiber-reinforced polymer composites" in Advanced Ceramics and Application : 9th Serbian Ceramic Society Conference : program and the book of abstracts; September 20-21, 2021; Belgrade (2021):49,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_vinar_10787 .