Basalt fiber-epoxy laminates with functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1082-1089

  Chen, Wei ^a   Shen, Hongbin ^b   Auad, Maria L ^c   Huang, Changzheng ^a   Nutt, Steven ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b M C Gill Corporation   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Laminate; A. Nano composites; B. Mechanical properties; C. Elastic properties

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON NANOTUBES; A. LAMINATE; A. NANO COMPOSITES; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; C. ELASTIC PROPERTIES;

BASALT; CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DISPERSIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; ESTERS; LAMINATES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 67651045847     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2009.04.027     Document Type: Article

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