A method of visualization of inorganic nanoparticles dispersion in nanocomposites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 196-201

  Lingaiah, S ^a   Sadler, R ^a   Ibeh, C ^b   Shivakumar, K ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Montmorillonite; A. Nanocomposite; D. SEM; E. Plasma etching; TEM

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CLAY MINERALS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMA ETCHING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 35548994537     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2007.02.027     Document Type: Article

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