PHYSICA SCRIPTA, cilt.101, sa.22, ss.1-12, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
The fast-expanding glass fiber and polymer composite industries pose risks to the environment and nature. It is difficult to recycle glass fiber in nature, which directs producers to find more sustainable solutions. At this point, man-made/natural fiber hybridization methods have emerged as a sustainable way. Furthermore, the addition of nanoparticles is another significant method to obtain sustainable composites with compatible mechanical properties. In the previous study, the best hybridization method was determined to obtain a composite with more sustainable and better mechanical properties. In this study, the mechanical properties of the flax/E-glass intra-ply hybrid composite were further improved by adding nanoparticles. The graphene and TiO2 added intraply hybrid composites were developed and were tested under the tensile, compressive, in-plane shear, and quasi-static indentation loads. Wt. 1% TiO2 showed the best performance and significantly improved the tensile modulus, compressive strength, shear modulus, and absorbed energy of nanocomposites at 0.61%, 18.36%, 21.63%, and 11.75%, respectively.