Thermoplastic elastomers with multi-walled carbon nanotubes: Influence of dispersion methods on morphology

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1006-1010

  Broza, Georg ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nanocomposites; B. Interfaces; D. Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM); D. X ray diffraction (XRD)

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON NANOTUBES; A. NANOCOMPOSITES; BUTANEDIOL; D. SCANNING/TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (STEM); DIMETHYL TEREPHTHALATE; DISPERSION METHODS; IN-SITU; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; MOLE RATIO; NANOTUBE DISPERSIONS; POLY(TETRAMETHYLENE GLYCOL); POLYMER MATRICES; SEM; SMALL- AND WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERINGS; SOFT SEGMENTS; TEM; TWO-STAGE PROCESS; WEIGHT RATIOS;

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DILATOMETERS; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRONS; GLYCOLS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYCONDENSATION; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS; TRANSESTERIFICATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ADHESION; CARBON; ELASTOMER; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; MATRIX; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOTUBE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950943403     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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