Preparation of homogeneously dispersed multiwalled carbon nanotube/polystyrene nanocomposites via melt extrusion using trialkyl imidazolium compatibilizer

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 910-916

  Bellayer, Séverine ^a   Gilman, Jeffrey W ^a   Eidelman, Naomi ^a,f   Bourbigot, Serge ^b   Flambard, Xavier ^c   Fox, Douglas M ^d   De Long, Hugh C ^e   Trulove, Paul C ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Lille   (France)

^c GEMTEX   (France)

^d UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^e AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f American Dental Association Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISPERSIONS; EXTRUSION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAMINATES; MELTING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYSTYRENES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COMPATIBILIZATION; CONTACT SURFACE; INTERDIGITATED BILAYER; NANOMETER; POLYMER MATRIX;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 20544477224     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200400441     Document Type: Article

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