Nanoscale characterization of natural fibers and their composites using contact-resonance force microscopy

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 624-631

  Nair, Sandeep S ^a   Wang, Siqun ^a   Hurley, Donna C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Fibers; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Interphase; B. Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); AVERAGE VALUES; B. INTERPHASE; CELL WALL LAYERS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FORCE MICROSCOPY; INDENTATION MODULUS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE POLYPROPYLENES; NANO SCALE; NANOSCALE CHARACTERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE IMAGES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIOMECHANICS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RESONANCE;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITES; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYPROPYLENE; REINFORCED PLASTIC; RESONANCE;

EID: 77649288366     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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