Microstructure and properties of polypropylene/carbon nanotube nanocomposites

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2884-2946

  Bikiaris, Dimitrios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Nanocomposites; Physical properties; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; ELECTRICAL , OPTICAL AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; IN-SITU POLYMERIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; POLYMER-BASED NANOCOMPOSITES; PREPARATION METHOD; REINFORCEMENT EFFECTS; THERMAL TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 78149284788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3042884     Document Type: Review

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