Thermoplastic polyurethane nanocomposites produced via impregnation of long carbon nanotube forests

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-58

  Silva, Glaura G ^a   Rodrigues, Marco Tulio F ^a   Fantini, Cristiano ^a   Borges, Raquel S ^a   Pimenta, Marcos A ^a   Carey, Brent J ^b   Ci, Lijie ^b   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; electrical properties; mechanical properties; nanocomposites; thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL TESTING; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; INTERCONNECTED NETWORK; MULTIFUNCTIONALITY; NANOTUBE ALIGNMENT; NANOTUBE FORESTS; ORDERS-OF-MAGNITUDE; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; STORAGE MODULI; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMO-MECHANICAL; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE NANOCOMPOSITES; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 78651110766     PISSN: 14387492     EISSN: 14392054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mame.201000276     Document Type: Article

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