Enhanced acoustic damping in flexible polyurethane foams filled with carbon nanotubes

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1564-1569

  Verdejo, R ^a   Stampfli R ^b   Alvarez Lainez, M ^c   Mourad, S ^b   Rodriguez Perez, M A ^c   Bruhwiler P A ^b   Shaffer, M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nanocomposite; A. Polymer foam; P. Damping properties

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON NANOTUBES; A. NANOCOMPOSITE; A. POLYMER FOAM; ACOUSTIC ACTIVITY; ACOUSTIC DAMPING; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; COMPRESSIVE RESPONSE; DENSE FILMS; FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANES; FOAM DENSITIES; FOAM STRUCTURE; FOAMING PROCESS; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; LOW LOADING; NANOFILLER; OPEN CELLULAR STRUCTURES; P. DAMPING PROPERTIES;

ACOUSTICS; BLOWING AGENTS; DAMPING; FOAMS; HOT PRESSING; LOADING; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; REINFORCEMENT;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

COMPRESSIVE PROPERTY; FOAM; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOTUBE; POLYURETHANE;

EID: 67349178125     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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