Rheology of multiwall carbon nanotube suspensions

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 585-604

  Fan, Zhihang ^a   Advani, Suresh G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Carbon nanotubes; Dispersion; Orientation state; Storage modulus; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY METHOD; CURED SUSPENSIONS; DISPERSION QUALITIES; ORIENTATION STATE;

ASPECT RATIO; CHARACTERIZATION; ELASTIC MODULI; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR VISCOSITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 34547511759     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.2736424     Document Type: Article

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