Effect of titanium on copper-titanium/carbon nanofibre composite materials

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2284-2289

  Lloyd, J C ^a   Neubauer, E ^b   Barcena, J ^c   Clegg, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

Author keywords

A. Metal matrix composite (MMCs); B. Thermal properties; Carbon nanofibre; D. Raman spectroscopy; D. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOFIBRE; D. RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES; THERMAL PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON NANOFIBERS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TITANIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 78249252321     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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