(student paper) fabrication and testing of long carbon nanotubes grown on the surface of fibers for hybrid composites

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 3216-3226

  García, Enrique J ^a   Hart, A John ^a,b   Wardle, Brian L ^a   Slocum, Alexander H ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID COMPOSITES; SINGLE-FIBER TENSION;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; EPOXY RESINS; TENSILE TESTING;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 34147093208     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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