Viscoelasticity in carbon nanotube composites

Nature Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-137

  Suhr, Jonghwan ^a   Koratkar, Nikhil ^a   Keblinski, Pawel ^a   Ajayan, Pulickel ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER BEAMS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; ELASTIC MODULI; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STIFFNESS; THIN FILMS; VISCOELASTICITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES COMPOSITES; DAMPING RATIO; SHEAR TESTING; STIFFNESS PROPERTIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 13144276341     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1293     Document Type: Article

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