Correlation between interfacial molecular structure and mechanics in CNT/epoxy nano-composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1093-1098

  Lachman, Noa ^a   Daniel Wagner, H ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

A. Nano structures; B. Fracture toughness; B. Interface interphase; C. Micro mechanics

Indexed keywords

A. NANO-STRUCTURES; C. MICRO-MECHANICS; CRITICAL LENGTH; ENERGY MODEL; EPOXY MATRICES; FUNCTIONALIZED; INTERFACE/INTERPHASES; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; INTERFACIAL MOLECULAR STRUCTURES; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; PULL-OUT;

CARBON NANOTUBES; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77955420058     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2009.08.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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