Isothermal crystallization kinetics and thermal behavior of poly(ε-caprolactone)/multi-walled carbon nanotube composites

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1009-1015

  Chen, Erh Chiang ^a   Wu, Tzong Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Isothermal crystallization kinetics; Isothermal degradation; Multi walled carbon nanotube; Poly( caprolactone)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); POLYCAPROLACTONE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; ISOTHERMAL DEGRADATION; RESIDUAL WEIGHT; TETRAHYDROFURAN;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 34248329662     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2007.02.019     Document Type: Article

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