Plasma functionalization of multiwalled carbon nanotube bucky papers and the effect on properties of melt-mixed composites with polycarbonate

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 1828-1833

  Pötschke, Petra ^a   Zschoerper, Nicolas Peer ^b,c   Moller, Björn P ^b,c   Vohrer, Uwe ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INTERFACIAL ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IGB   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Microstructures; Nanocomposites; Polycarbonates; Stress

Indexed keywords

BUCKY PAPER; ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION THRESHOLD; ESTER GROUPS; MACRODISPERSION; MATRIX; MELT-MIXED COMPOSITES; NANOTUBE SURFACE; PLASMA FUNCTIONALIZATION; PLASMA MODIFICATIONS; STRAIN AT BREAK; XPS; YIELD POINTS;

ADHESION; CARBON NANOTUBES; CARBONATES; ESTERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYCARBONATES; SOLVENTS; STRAIN; STRESSES; YIELD STRESS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 70350765049     PISSN: 10221336     EISSN: 15213927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/marc.200900286     Document Type: Article

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