Original Article
  • Next Generation Lightweight Structural Composite Materials for Future Mobility Review: Applicability of Self-Reinforced Composites

  • Mi Na Kim*, Ji-un Jang**, Hyeseong Lee***, Myung Jun Oh*†, Seong Yun Kim***†

  • * Department of Carbon Composites Convergence Materials Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea
    ** Research Institute of Industrial Science, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea
    *** Department of Organic Materials and Textile Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea

  • 미래모빌리티를 위한 차세대 경량구조복합재료 검토: 자기강화복합재료의 적용 가능성

  • 김미나* · 장지운** · 이혜성*** · 오명준*† · 김성륜***†

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Correspondence to

  • Myung Jun Oh*, Seong Yun Kim***

  • * Department of Carbon Composites Convergence Materials Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea
    *** Department of Organic Materials and Textile Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea

  • E-mail: mjoh@jbnu.ac.kr, sykim82@jbnu.ac.kr