Calculations of the energy of mixing carbon nanotubes with polymers

Polymer

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 635-641

  Nyden, Marc R ^a   Stoliarov, Stanislav I ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SRA International   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy of mixing; Molecular mechanics; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

EXOTHERMIC REACTIONS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ENERGY OF MIXING; EXFOLIATE;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOTUBE; POLYSTYRENE;

EID: 38349048294     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2007.11.056     Document Type: Article

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