Curing behavior and kinetic analysis of epoxy resin/multi-walled carbon nanotubes composites

Frontiers of Materials Science in China

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-422

  Fang, Zhengping ^a   Wang, Jianguo ^a   Gu, Aijuan ^a   Tong, Lifang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Epoxy resin (EP); Kinetics; Multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs); Viscosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448943946     PISSN: 16737377     EISSN: 16737482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11706-007-0076-z     Document Type: Article

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