Facile approach to obtain individual-nanotube dispersion at high loading in carbon nanotubes/polyimide composites

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 458-462

  Yang, Zhi ^a   Chen, Xiaohua ^a   Pu, Yuxing ^a   Zhou, Lingping ^a   Chen, Chuansheng ^a   Li, Wenhua ^a   Xu, Longshan ^a   Yi, Bin ^a   Wang, Yanguo ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Composites; Individual nanotube dispersion; Polyimide

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CARBON NANOTUBES; DISPERSIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYIMIDES; REINFORCED PLASTICS;

INDIVIDUAL-NANOTUBE DISPERSION; INTERFACIAL ADHESION;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

ADHESION; CARBON NANOTUBES; DISPERSIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYIMIDES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS;

ADHESION; CARBON; DISPERSION; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; MATRIX; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOTUBE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL; POLYIMIDE;

EID: 34250655311     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.885     Document Type: Article

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