Preparation and properties of multi-walled carbon nanotube/carbon/polystyrene composites

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2733-2741

  Ji, Lijun ^a,b   Stevens, Molly M ^b   Zhu, Yuefeng ^a   Gong, Qianming ^a   Wu, Jianjun ^a   Liang, Ji ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE NETWORK; FILLER LOADING; IN-SITU POLYMERIZATION; MULTI-WALLED; POLYURETHANE FOAM; PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FOAMS;

EID: 67649886952     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.05.031     Document Type: Article

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