Thermal behaviors of polyimide with plasma-modified carbon nanotubes

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 745-752

  Chou, Wan Jung ^a   Wang, Cheng Chien ^b   Chen, Chuh Yung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Plasma; Polyimide; TGA IR

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARBON NANOTUBES; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASMAS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

PLASMA-MODIFIED CARBON NANOTUBES;

POLYIMIDES;

EID: 40249108238     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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