Superior reinforcement in melt-spun polyethylene/multiwalled carbon nanotube fiber through formation of a shish-kebab structure

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 114, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 10693-10702

  Mai, Fang ^a   Wang, Ke ^a   Yao, Meijun ^a   Deng, Hua ^a   Chen, Feng ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MELT SPINNING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINNING (FIBERS); TENSILE TESTING;

CAPILLARY RHEOMETER; CARBON NANOTUBE FIBERS; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; DRAW RATIO; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MELT-SPUN; POLARIZED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SHISH-KEBAB STRUCTURES; SHISH-KEBABS; WIDE ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77955874646     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp1019944     Document Type: Article

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