Melt shear rheology of carbon nanofiber/polystyrene composites

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 919-941

  Wang, Yingru ^a   Xu, Jianhua ^a   Bechtel, Stephen E ^a   Koelling, Kurt W ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofiber; Nanocomposite; Nanostructure; Orientation tensor; Rheology

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CARBON FIBERS; CASTING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYSTYRENES; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN RATE; STRESSES; VISCOELASTICITY; YIELD STRESS;

EID: 33747464311     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-005-0077-8     Document Type: Article

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