Effective reinforcement in carbon nanotube-polymer composites

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1870, 2008, Pages 1613-1626

  Wang, W ^a   Ciselli, P ^a,b   Kuznetsov, E ^c   Peijs, T ^a,b   Barber, A H ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c NT MDT   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Composite; Electrospinning; Nanomechanics; Polymer

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DISPERSIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTROSPINNING; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS;

CARBON NANOTUBE-POLYMER COMPOSITES; FIBROUS MATERIALS; NANOMECHANICAL TESTS;

NANOMECHANICS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER; RESIN;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ADHESIVENESS; COMPOSITE RESINS; CRYSTALLIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POLYMERS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 41249084823     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2175     Document Type: Article

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