Reinforcement and toughening of poly(vinyl chloride) with poly(caprolactone) grafted carbon nanotubes

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1476-1481

  Guojiann, Wang ^a,b   Lijuan, Wang ^b   Mei, Zu ^b   Zhengmian, Chang ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); A. Thermoplastic resin; B. Mechanical properties; D. Optical microscopy; D. Physical methods of analysis

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); A. THERMOPLASTIC RESIN; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; D. OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; D. PHYSICAL METHODS OF ANALYSIS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IMPACT STRENGTH; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; RESINS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 68349137932     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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