Use of carbon nanotube filled polycarbonate in blends with montmorillonite filled polypropylene

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 855-860

  Pötschke, Petra ^a   Kretzschmar, Bernd ^a   Janke, Andreas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blends; Conductivity; Morphology; Multiwalled carbon nanotube; Nanoclay; Nanocomposite; Polycarbonate

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CLAY MINERALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MORPHOLOGY; POLYCARBONATES; POLYPROPYLENES;

CO-CONTINUOUS MORPHOLOGY; MELT COMPOUNDING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOCLAY;

POLYMER BLENDS;

COMPOSITE; EXTRUSION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTUBE; POLYCARBONATE; POLYPROPYLENE;

EID: 33846292937     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2006.02.034     Document Type: Article

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