The study on the microstructures and high performances of melt blending polyurethane/multi-walled carbon nanotubes composites

Polymers and Polymer Composites

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 509-518

  Jiang, Fengdan ^a   Wu, Sizhu ^a   Wei, Yongji ^b   Zhang, Liqun ^a   Hu, Guohua ^c,d  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Liming Research Institute of Chemical Industry   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; MICROPHASE SEPARATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; POLYURETHANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES COMPOSITES; D. DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSES (DMTA); HIGH-TEMPERATURE TENSILE STRENGTHS; MICROPHASE SEPARATION STRUCTURES; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 57749089600     PISSN: 09673911     EISSN: 14782391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096739110801600804     Document Type: Article

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