Process optimization of melt spinning and mechanical strength enhancement of functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes reinforcing polyethylene fibers

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-17

  Sulong, Abu Bakar ^a   Park, Joohyuk ^b   Azhari, Che Husna ^a   Jusoff, Kamaruzaman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Sejong University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

A. Polymer (textile) fiber; B. Mechanical properties; C. Mechanical testing; E. Melt spinning

Indexed keywords

B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; C. MECHANICAL TESTING; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLIZATION; E. MELT SPINNING; EXPERIMENT VALUES; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; MATRIX; MECHANICAL DRAWING; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; MELT SPINNING PROCESS; OZONE TREATMENT; POLYETHYLENE FIBERS; POLYMER(TEXTILE) FIBER; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; ROBUST DESIGNS; SEM; SPINNING DISTANCE; SPINNING PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRENGTH VALUES; TAGUCHI'S METHODS; ULTRA-VIOLET;

CARBON FIBERS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; FIBERS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; MELT SPINNING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OPTIMIZATION; OZONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTILE PROCESSING; TEXTILES;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

EID: 78649949422     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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