Nanofiber toughened polyethylene composites

Carbon

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2329-2331

  Lozano, Karen ^a   Yang, Shuying ^a   Jones, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; D. Elastic properties; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TOUGHNESS;

GRAPHITIC STRUCTURE; NANOFIBERS; SCRE EXTRUDERS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 3142749284     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.03.021     Document Type: Letter

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