Processing and property investigation of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) buckypaper/epoxy resin matrix nanocomposites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1225-1232

  Wang, Zhi ^a   Liang, Zhiyong ^a   Wang, Ben ^a   Zhang, Chuck ^a   Kramer, Leslie ^b  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Nano structures; B. Mechanical properties; Buckypaper

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ELASTIC MODULI; EPOXY RESINS; INFILTRATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ELASTIC STRAIN; FRACTURE STRAIN; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; SONICATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 2942650518     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2003.09.029     Document Type: Article

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