Effect of carbon nanotubes addition on the mechanical and thermal properties of epoxy matrices

Materials Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-352

  Loos, Marcio Rodrigo ^a   Coelho, Luiz Antonio Ferreira ^a   Pezzin, Sérgio Henrique ^a   Amico, Sandro Campos ^b  

^a SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Epoxy matrix; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; EPOXY RESINS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY; YARN;

EFFECT OF CARBONS; EPOXY MATRICES; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; RESIN VISCOSITY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS); VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 57249107982     PISSN: 15161439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-14392008000300019     Document Type: Article

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