A cohesive law for interfaces between multi-wall carbon nanotubes and polymers due to the van der Waals interactions

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 197, Issue 41-42, 2008, Pages 3261-3267

  Lu, W B ^a   Wu, J ^a   Song, J ^b   Hwang, K C ^a   Jiang, L Y ^c   Huang, Y ^d  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube composites; Carbon nanotube polymer interface; Cohesive law; Multi wall carbon nanotubes; Van der Waals force

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CARBON; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; POLYMERS; TRUCKS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

AREA DENSITY; CARBON ATOMS; COHESIVE LAW; MULTI WALL CARBON NANOTUBES (MWNTS); VAN DER WAALS; VAN DER WAALS (VDW) INTERACTIONS; VOLUME DENSITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 48049091792     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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