Characterization of carbon nanotube 3D-structures infused with low viscosity epoxy resin system

Composite Structures

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2252-2257

  Pereira, Celeste M C ^a   Nóvoa, Paulo ^a   Martins, Marta ^a   Forero, Stefan ^b   Hepp, Felicitas ^c   Pambaguian, Laurent ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b FutureCarbon GmbH   (Germany)

^c High Performance Space Structure Systems GmbH   (Germany)

^d European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Dynamic mechanical analysis; Epoxy resin; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANO-TUBE STRUCTURES; COMPOSITE WEIGHT; GENERAL PURPOSE; LOW VISCOSITY EPOXY RESIN; MATRIX; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; POLYMER COMPOSITE; PROCESS ASSESSMENTS; PROCESSING APPROACH; RESIN INFUSION PROCESS; SEM; THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; WELL-DISPERSED;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RESINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY;

EPOXY RESINS;

CARBON; COMPOSITE; COMPOSITE PROPERTY; EPOXY RESIN; IMPREGNATING; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NANOTUBE;

EID: 77950864809     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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