Growth of carbon nanotubes on carbon fibres and the tensile properties of resulting carbon fibre reinforced polypropylene composites

Journal of Engineering Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 400-408

  Suraya, A R ^a   Sharifah Mazrah, S M Z ^a   Yunus, R ^a   Azowa, I Nor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbon fibre; Carbon nanotubes; Chemical vapour deposition; Composite; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952904869     PISSN: 18234690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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