Underlying mechanics of active nanocomposites with tunable properties

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 545-552

  Salehi Khojin, Amin ^a   Hosseini, Mahmoud Reza ^a   Jalili, Nader ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nanocomposites; B. Interphase; B. Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

BORON; BORON NITRIDE; CARBON NITRIDE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DAMPING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; NITRIDES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SLIP FORMING; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; VIBRATION CONTROL; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

A. CARBON NANOTUBES; A. NANOCOMPOSITES; B. INTERPHASE; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES; ELECTRICAL FIELDS; EXPANSION AND CONTRACTIONS; MACRO-SCALE; MATRIXES; NANO-SCALE; NEW CLASS; PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMERS; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; SEPARATION DISTANCES; STICK SLIPS; STRUCTURAL VIBRATION CONTROLS; TUNABILITY; TUNABLE PROPERTIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ADHESION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOTUBE; VIBRATION;

EID: 59149087053     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.11.033     Document Type: Article

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