Single-walled carbon nanotube-polymer composites: Strength and weakness

Advanced Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 750-753

  Ajayan, Pulickel M ^a   Schadler, Linda S ^a   Giannaris, Cindy ^a   Rubio, Angel ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULI; EPOXY RESINS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; MICROCRACKS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SHEAR STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBES (SWNT);

NANOTUBES;

EID: 0033743089     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4095(200005)12:10<750::AID-ADMA750>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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