Multi-wall carbon nanotubes chemically grafted and physicallyadsorpted on reinforcing carbon fibres

Advanced Composites Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 103-107

  Karapappas, P ^a   Tsantzalis, S ^a   Fiamegou, E ^a   Vavouliotis, A ^a   Dassios, K ^a   Kostopoulos, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON FIBERS; DEIONIZED WATER; NANOTUBES; POLYMERS;

ACID SOLUTIONS; CARBON FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER; DEIONISED WATERS; MATRIX MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS; PRACTICAL USE; REINFORCING EFFECTS; TOLUENE SOLUTION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 66449089225     PISSN: 09636935     EISSN: 2633366X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096369350801700304     Document Type: Article

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