Synergistic effect of multi-wall carbon nanotube and organophilic montmorillonite on toughening epoxy resin

Fuhe Cailiao Xuebao/Acta Materiae Compositae Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 146-151

  Mei, Qilin ^a   Wang, Jihui ^a   Huang, Zhixiong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Epoxy resin; Fracture toughness; Multi wall carbon nanotube; Organophilic montmorillonite; Synergistic effect

Indexed keywords

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CLAY MINERALS; CRACKS; EPOXY RESINS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; RESINS; SILICATE MINERALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CRITICAL STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPES; FRACTURE SURFACES; MASS FRACTIONS; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBE; ORGANOPHILIC MONTMORILLONITE; PLATELET INTERLOCKS; PURE EPOXIES; RESIN COMPOSITES; RESIN MATRIX COMPOSITES; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 57749114756     PISSN: 10003851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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