Comparison of quasistatic to Impact mechanical properties of multiwall carbon nanotube/polycarbonate composites

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1118-1130

  Brühwiler, Paul A ^a,b   Barbezat, Michel ^a   Necola, Adly ^a   Kohls, Doug J ^c   Bunk, Oliver ^d   Schaefer, Dale W ^c   Pötschke, Petra ^e  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT MECHANICAL PROPERTY; IMPACT TEST; MASTERBATCH; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; PENETRATION PROPERTY; QUASI-STATIC; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; YIELD STRENGTH;

ABSORPTION; AGGLOMERATION; CARBON NANOTUBES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENERGY ABSORPTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; X RAY SCATTERING;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 77958115273     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.0139     Document Type: Article

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