Carbon nanotube polymer composites

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-37

  Andrews, R ^a   Weisenberger, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STRESSES; TOUGHNESS;

COMPOSITE TOUGHNESS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

CARBON; COMPOSITE; NANOTUBE; POLYMER;

EID: 3042617759     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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