Nanofiller-reinforced polymer nanocomposites

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 947-959

  Njuguna, James ^a   Pielichowski, Krzysztof ^b   Desai, Shanta ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Fiber reinforced composites; Nanoclay; Nanocomposites; Nanofibers

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; AMIDES; AMINO ACIDS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ESTERS; ETHERS; KETONES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REINFORCEMENT; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CARBON NANOTUBES; FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES; NANOCLAY; NANOFIBERS; POLYMER NANO-COMPOSITES;

POLYMERS;

COMPOSITE PROPERTY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOFIBER; NANOTUBE; POLYESTER; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYURETHANE; SYNTHETIC POLYAMIDE;

EID: 50449102687     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.1074     Document Type: Review

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