Alignment of multiwalled carbon nanotubes in bulk epoxy composites via electric field

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Zhu, Yue Feng ^a,b   Ma, Chen ^a,b   Zhang, Wei ^c   Zhang, Ren Ping ^a,b   Koratkar, Nikhil ^c   Liang, Ji ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ALIGNMENT; AMINES; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; EPOXY RESINS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS;

ALIGNED NANOTUBES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES; ENHANCED STORAGES; EPOXY COMPOSITES; EPOXY MATRICES; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; FIELD DIRECTIONS; FOUR ORDERS; FUNCTIONALIZATION; FUNCTIONALIZED NANOTUBES; LAYER-BY-LAYER METHODS; NANOTUBE ALIGNMENTS; NANOTUBE LENGTHS; PRISTINE NANOTUBES; STORAGE MODULUS; STRONG ANISOTROPIES; UV LIGHTS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 62549140598     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3080243     Document Type: Article

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