Enhancement of strength and stiffness of Nylon 6 filaments through carbon nanotubes reinforcement

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Mahfuz, Hassan ^a   Adnan, Ashfaq ^b   Rangari, Vijay K ^c   Hasan, Mohammad M ^c   Jeelani, Shaik ^c   Wright, Wendelin J ^d   Deteresa, Steven J ^e  

^a Florida Atlantic University   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS FILAMENTS; MELTING ENDOTHERM; NANOPHASED FILAMENTS; SINGLE SCREW EXTRUSION METHOD;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTIC MODULI; NYLON POLYMERS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

PLASTIC FILAMENTS;

EID: 33644542733     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2179132     Document Type: Article

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