Phase structure of electrospun poly(trimethylene terephthalate) composite nanofibers containing carbon nanotubes

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 425-434

  Ma, Qian ^a   Cebe, Peggy ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Poly(trimethylene terephthalate); Rigid amorphous fraction

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; AMPLITUDE CALIBRATION; BASELINE CORRECTION; COMPOSITE NANOFIBERS; CRYSTALLINE FRACTIONS; CRYSTALLINITIES; ELECTROSPUNS; HEAT CAPACITIES; HEAT CAPACITY MEASUREMENTS; HEAT FLOWS; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; MOBILE AMORPHOUS FRACTIONS; PHASE FRACTIONS; POLY (TRIMETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); RIGID-AMORPHOUS FRACTION; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THREE PHASE MODEL; THREE PHASIS; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACIDS; VIBRATIONAL BANDS; VOLUME RATIO; WIDE ANGLE XRAY DIFFRACTION;

ACIDS; AMORPHOUS CARBON; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DICHLOROMETHANE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTROSPINNING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIFIC HEAT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 78049464831     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-010-0977-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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