Monitoring cure in epoxies containing carbon nanotubes with an optical-fiber Fresnel refractometer

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 730-735

  Dimopoulos, Athanasios ^a   Buggy, Stephen J ^a   Skordos, Alexandros A ^a   James, Stephen W ^a   Tatam, Ralph P ^a   Partridge, Ivana K ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curing of polymers; Nanocomposites; Phase separation; Refractive index; Sensors

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOCOMPOSITE; CURE MONITORING; CURING OF POLYMERS; DEGREE OF CURE; DIFUNCTIONAL; EMBEDDED OPTICAL FIBERS; EPOXY BLENDS; FRESNEL; GOOD CORRELATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; REFRACTOMETRY; RESIN SYSTEMS; THERMOSETTING RESINS;

CARBON FIBERS; CURING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EPOXY RESINS; LIGHT REFRACTION; MONITORING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SEPARATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; RESINS; SENSORS; THERMOSETS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON; CURING (CHEMISTRY); EPOXY RESIN; NANOTUBE; REFLECTIVE PROPERTY; THERMOSETTING POLYMER;

EID: 67149118921     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.30115     Document Type: Article

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