Deformation of carbon nanotubes in nanotube-polymer composites

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3317-3319

  Bower, C ^a   Rosen, R ^b   Jin, L ^b   Han, J ^c   Zhou, O ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; CARBON; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCRACKING; NANOTUBES; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CATASTROPHIC DEFECTS;

REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0032614618     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.123330     Document Type: Article

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