Investigation of the microstructure of epoxy resin/MWNTs nanocomposite by the positron annihilation technique

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1016-1021

  Zheng, Ya Ping ^a   Zhang, Jiao Xia ^a   Yu, Pei Ying ^a   Shi, Wei ^a   Wang, Bo ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diethylenetriamine; Free volume; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Nanocomposites; Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMINE GROUPS; DIETHYLENETRIAMINE; FTIR; INFRARED SPECTRUM; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON ANNIHILATION TECHNIQUE; VOLUME CONCENTRATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRONS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREE VOLUME; IMPACT STRENGTH; NANOCOMPOSITES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

AMINE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOTUBE; STRENGTH; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 77955909180     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2010.482082     Document Type: Article

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