Combined Raman and dielectric spectroscopy on the curing behaviour and stress build up of carbon nanotube-epoxy composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1540-1546

  de la Vega, Alejandra ^a   Kovacs, Josef Z ^a   Bauhofer, Wolfgang ^a   Schulte, Karl ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Curing; C. Residual stress; D. Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON NANOTUBES; A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); B. CURING; C. RESIDUAL STRESS; D. RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

CURING; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EPOXY RESINS; GLASS TRANSITION; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SHRINKAGE; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

COMPOSITE; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; NANOTUBE; STRESS;

EID: 67349201676     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.09.015     Document Type: Article

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