Insight into the broad field of polymer nanocomposites: From carbon nanotubes to clay nanoplatelets, via metal nanoparticles

Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2095-2153

  Stefanescu, Eduard A ^a   Daranga, Codrin ^b   Stefanescu, Cristina ^c  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Laponite; Metal; Montmorillonite; Nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

LAPONITES; METAL-POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES; MORPHOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR; NANOMETER LENGTH SCALE; PERFORMANCE AND APPLICATIONS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER/CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; SOLID-STATE SHEAR PULVERIZATIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CLAY MINERALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; METALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PACKAGING MATERIALS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 78149411761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma2042095     Document Type: Review

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