Reinforced cyanate ester resins with carbon nanotubes: Surface modification, reaction activity and mechanical properties analyses

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 359-366

  Tang, Yu Sheng ^a   Kong, Jie ^a   Gu, Jun Wei ^a   Liang, Guo Zheng ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cyanate ester resin; Multiwalls carbon nanotubes; Reinforce

Indexed keywords

CE SYSTEMS; CYANATE ESTER RESIN; CYANATE ESTER RESINS; CYANATE ESTERS; DISTILLED WATER; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES ANALYSIS; MULTIWALLS CARBON NANOTUBES; PERFECT CRYSTALS; REACTION ACTIVITY; REINFORCE; STORAGE MODULES; SURFACE MODIFICATION; TEM; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL STABILITY; XRD ANALYSIS;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; IMPACT STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OCEAN STRUCTURES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; RESINS; SURFACE REACTIONS; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WATER ABSORPTION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NANOTUBE; PYROLYSIS; RESIN; SURFACE MODIFICATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL PROPERTY; THERMAL STABILITY;

EID: 68249140709     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550902725340     Document Type: Article

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