Dramatic property enhancement in polyetherimide using low-cost commercially functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes via a facile solution processing method

Nanotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 46, 2009, Pages

  Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Caceres, Santiago ^a   Maguire, Russ G ^b   Zhong, Wei Hong ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; HIGH PRESSURE; INNOVATIVE PROCESS; MATRIX; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL; MULTIFUNCTIONALITY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILM; NANOTUBE NETWORKS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PROCESSING APPROACH; SERVICE TEMPERATURE; SOLUTION-PROCESSING; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS;

CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FIRE RESISTANCE; FIREPROOFING; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PROCESSING; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBE; IMIDE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYETHER; POLYMER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL REACTION; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRONICS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIAL COATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE;

EID: 70350641252     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/46/465708     Document Type: Article

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