Dry coating polymer powder particles with deagglomerated carbon nanotubes to improve their dispersion in nanocomposites

Powder Technology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 206-212

  Narh, Kwabena A ^a   Agwedicham, Ahmed Tijani ^a   Jallo, Laila ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Carbon nanotubes; Deagglomeration; Dry coating

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); CURING; DRYING; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POWDERS;

AGGLOMERATION; DEAGGLOMERATION; DRY COATING; MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; OXIDE POWDERS; POLYMER POWDERS; RAPID EXPANSION; SUPER-CRITICAL;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON NANOTUBE; MACROGOL; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; DRY POWDER; MATERIAL COATING; NANOFILTRATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUSPENSION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 49549100253     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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