Electroactive shape memory performance of polyurethane composite having homogeneously dispersed and covalently crosslinked carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1598-1603

  Jung, Yong Chae ^a   Yoo, Hye Jin ^b   Kim, Yoong Ahm ^a   Cho, Jae Whan ^b   Endo, Morinobu ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYL GROUPS; COVALENTLY BONDED; CROSSLINKED; CROSSLINKING POLYMERIZATION; ELECTROACTIVE; IN-SITU; POLYURETHANE COMPOSITES; SHAPE MEMORY; SHAPE RECOVERY; SHAPE RETENTION;

BLENDING; POLYMERIZATION; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 75749128289     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.12.058     Document Type: Article

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