MWNT reinforced melamine-formaldehyde containing alpha-cellulose

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 844-854

  Licea Jimenez L ^a   Henrio, P Y ^a   Lund, A ^a   Laurie, T M ^a   Perez Garcia S A ^a   Nyborg, L ^a   Hassander, H ^b   Bertilsson, H ^c   Rychwalski, R W ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites; B. Mechanical properties; D. Photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS); D. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; ELASTIC MODULI; NANOTUBES; OXIDATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

POLYMER CHAIN IMMOBILISATION; POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES; STORAGE MODULUS;

MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE RESINS;

CARBON; COMPOSITE; CROSS LINKING; DISPERSION; FORMALDEHYDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NANOTUBE; OXIDATION; POLYMER; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 33846284900     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2006.01.031     Document Type: Article

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