Evidence of sidewall covalent functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes and its advantages for composite processing

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 411-419

  Vigolo, Brigitte ^a   Mamane, Victor ^b   Valsaque, Fabrice ^a   Le, T N Ha ^a   Thabit, Jaouad ^a   Ghanbaja, Jaafar ^a   Aranda, Lionel ^a   Fort, Yves ^b   McRae, Edward ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; ADSORPTION; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ESTERS; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MONOMERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; REACTION KINETICS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ADSORPTION VOLUMETRY; ALCOHOL GROUPS; CARBON NANOTUBE SURFACES; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; COMPLEMENTARY TECHNIQUES; COMPOSITE PROCESSING; COVALENT FUNCTIONALIZATION; DE PROTECTIONS; DOUBLE BONDS; FUNCTIONALIZATION; FUNCTIONALIZED; IN-SITU; METHOXY; POLIES (METHYL METHACRYLATE); RADICAL REACTIONS; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; SIDE-WALLS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 57949103166     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.10.024     Document Type: Article

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