Review of polymer composites with carbon nanotubes

Advanced Polymeric Materials: Structure Property Relationships

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 397-438

  Antonucci, Vincenza ^a   Hsiao, Kuang Ting ^a   Advani, Suresh G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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