The cutting of multi-walled carbon nanotubes and their strong interfacial interaction with polyamide 6 in the solid state

Carbon

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2708-2714

  Shao, Weiguo ^a   Wang, Qi ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Chen, Yinghong ^a  

^a Sichuan University   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Interfacial properties; Thermal analysis; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTIC MODULI; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POLYAMIDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE REACTIONS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

INTERFACIAL INTERACTIONS; MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCNT); SHEAR MILLING;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33747780423     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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