The mechanical properties of ionic polymer-metal composites

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6524, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Park, Il Seok ^a   Kim, Sang Mun ^a   Kim, Doyeon ^a   Kim, Kwang J ^a  

^a University of Nevada   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC); Tensile strength and modulus

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITE; SEMICRYSTALLINE POLYMER; THERMAL BEHAVIOR;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 35148858795     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.716670     Document Type: Conference Paper

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