Dramatic Improvement in properties of magnetically aligned CNT/polymer nanocomposites

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 361, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 89-95

  Sharma, Anshu ^a   Tripathi, Balram ^a   Vijay, Y K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

CNT PC nanocomposites; Dielectric constant; DMA; Gas permeability; Magnetic field alignment

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS PERMEABILITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; PERMITTIVITY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEGREE OF ALIGNMENTS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS (DMA); EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; IV CHARACTERISTICS; MAGNETIC FIELD ALIGNMENT; MECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON NANOTUBE; HYDROGEN; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NITROGEN; POLYCARBONATE; POLYMER; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; GAS PERMEABILITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; STRENGTH;

EID: 77955058667     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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