Measurement of carbon nanotube-polymer interfacial strength

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 4140-4142

  Barber, Asa H ^a   Cohen, Sidney R ^a   Wagner, H Daniel ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BENDING (DEFORMATION); CARBON NANOTUBES; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); POLYETHYLENES; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WETTING;

INTERFACIAL STRENGTH;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0038505091     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1579568     Document Type: Article

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