Effect of silane treatment of carboxylic-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes on the thermal properties of epoxy nanocomposites

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 217-226

  Zhou, T ^a   Wang, X ^a   Liu, X H ^a   Lai, J Z ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Polymer composites; Thermal properties; Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949335250     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2010.28     Document Type: Article

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