Quantitative image analysis of polyurethane/carbon nanotube composite micostructures

Materials Characterization

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1127-1132

  Ryszkowska, Joanna ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Image analysis; Nanocomposites; Polyurethane

Indexed keywords

GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HARD DOMAIN; HIGH INTENSITY ULTRASONIC; MATRIX PHASE; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; POLYURETHANE MATRIX; QUANTITATIVE IMAGE ANALYSIS; SEGMENTED POLYURETHANES; STORAGE MODULI; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CARBON NANOTUBES; GLASS TRANSITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MONOMERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHASE SEPARATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 70049093524     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2009.01.021     Document Type: Article

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