Dispersion behavior of single-walled carbon nanotubes by grafting of amphiphilic block copolymer

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1679-1683

  Shen, Jianfeng ^a   Hu, Yizhe ^a   Qin, Chen ^a   Li, Chen ^a   Ye, Mingxin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nano structure; B. Stress transfer; C. Micromechanics

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COPOLYMERIZATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; FREE RADICALS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); LIVING POLYMERIZATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MONOMERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

A. CARBON NANOTUBES; A. NANO-STRUCTURE; B. STRESS TRANSFER; C. MICROMECHANICS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 51449091781     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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