The enhanced mechanical properties of a covalently bound chitosan-multiwalled carbon nanotube nanocomposite

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 466-472

  Cao, Xiaodong ^a,b   Dong, Hua ^b   Li, Chang Ming ^b   Lucia, Lucian A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes; Nanocomposite; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

COVALENT LINKAGE; COVALENTLY BONDED; COVALENTLY BOUND; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LOADING LEVEL; MATRIX; SIMPLE METHOD; SOLUTION CASTING; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS; WEIGHT FRACTIONS; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

CHITIN; CHITOSAN; CONTACT ANGLE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

BONDING; CARBON; CHITOSAN; DISPERSION; GRAFTING; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NANOCOMPOSITE; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 67249132439     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.29984     Document Type: Article

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