A comparative study of melt spun polyamide-12 fibres reinforced with carbon nanotubes and nanofibres

Polymer

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2001-2015

  Sandler, J K W ^a   Pegel, S ^a,b   Cadek, M ^c   Gojny, F ^b   Van Es, M ^d   Lohmar, J ^e   Blau, W J ^c   Schulte, K ^b   Windle, A H ^a   Shaffer, M S P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d DSM RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nanocomposites; Nanotubes; Polymer fibres

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FIBERS; NUCLEATION; POLYMER BLENDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOCOMPOSITE STIFFNESS; NANOFIBERS;

POLYAMIDES;

CARBON; POLYAMIDE; POLYMER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COOLING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISPERSION; DRY DEPOSITION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBE; QUANTUM YIELD; RIGIDITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YOUNG MODULUS;

CARBON; DISPERSION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NANOFIBER; NANOTUBE; POLYAMIDE;

EID: 10744233069     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2004.01.023     Document Type: Article

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