Interfacial energy between carbon nanotubes and polymers measured from nanoscale peel tests in the atomic force microscope

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1580-1586

  Strus, Mark C ^a   Cano, Camilo I ^a   Byron Pipes, R ^a,b   Nguyen, Cattien V ^c   Raman, Arvind ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Nanoscale peeling; B. Carbon nanotubes; C. Polymer nanocomposites; D. Interfacial fracture energy; E. Atomic force microscope; F. Surface energy

Indexed keywords

A. NANOSCALE PEELING; B. CARBON NANOTUBES; C. POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES; D. INTERFACIAL FRACTURE ENERGY; E. ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE; F. SURFACE ENERGY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMS; BALL MILLING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FRACTURE ENERGY; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MICROSCOPES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PEELING; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

FRACTURE; GRINDING; INTERFACES; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; PEEL TESTS; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTIC; SURFACE TENSION;

BONDING; COMPOSITE; FRACTURE; MECHANICS; NANOFIBER; NANOTUBE;

EID: 67349284409     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.02.026     Document Type: Article

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