Structure-property relationship in polyethylene reinforced by polyethylene-grafted multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1790-1796

  Causin, Valerio ^a   Yang, Bing Xing ^b   Marega, Carla ^a   Goh, Suat Hong ^b   Marigo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes; Nanocomposites; Polyethylene; Small and wide angle x ray scattering

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE PHASE; CRYSTALLINITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY (PHOTO-DSC); INTERFACIAL STRENGTH; LAMELLAR LEVEL; LAMELLAR STACKS; LAYER THICKNESSES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MW-CNT); NON-ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; POLYETHYLENE (PE); SAXS LONG PERIOD; SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING (SAXS); STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); STRESS TRANSFER; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS (SE); WIDE ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION (WAXRD);

CARBON; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; ERROR ANALYSIS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); LASER INTERFEROMETRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STRESSES; THERMOPLASTICS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBE; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 47149115538     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2008.028     Document Type: Article

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