Mechanical strength of carbon nanotube-nickel nanocomposites

Nanotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 50, 2007, Pages

  Sun, Ying ^a   Sun, Jianren ^a   Liu, Miao ^a   Chen, Quanfang ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRODEPOSITION; NICKEL; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

INTERFACIAL BONDING; METALLIC MATRICES; REINFORCEMENT EFFICIENCY;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NICKEL; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; MATERIAL COATING; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANOFABRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 36749102735     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/18/50/505704     Document Type: Article

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