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The authors wish to thank the Royal Academy of Engineering for a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship and the Royal Society for a Brian Mercer Postdoctoral Award for Innovation for Dr. A. C. Taylor and a studentship from the Government of Trinidad & Tobago for Mr. R. D. Mohammed. Also, they would wish to acknowledge the general support from the US European Research Office for Mr. R. D. Mohammed.
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Kinloch, A.J., Mohammed, R.D., Taylor, A.C. et al. The effect of silica nano particles and rubber particles on the toughness of multiphase thermosetting epoxy polymers. J Mater Sci 40, 5083–5086 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-005-1716-2
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