Molecular dynamics simulations of vinyl ester resin monomer interactions with a pristine vapor-grown carbon nanofiber and their implications for composite interphase formation

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3219-3232

  Nouranian, Sasan ^a   Jang, Changwoon ^b   Lacy, Thomas E ^b   Gwaltney, Steven R ^c   Toghiani, Hossein ^a   Pittman Jr , Charles U ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK MATRICES; CROSS-LINK DENSITIES; DIMETHACRYLATES; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; GRAPHENE SHEETS; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; INTERPHASE REGIONS; LIQUID RESIN; LIQUID VOLUME; MATRIX; MOLE RATIO; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MONOMER CONCENTRATION; MONOMER RATIO; OUTER SURFACE; RESIN CURING; RESIN MONOMER; VAPOR GROWN CARBON NANOFIBERS; VINYL ESTER RESIN; VINYL ESTERS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CURING; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; GRAPHENE; LIQUIDS; MONOMERS; PHENOLS; RESINS; STYRENE; VAPORS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 79957569287     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.03.047     Document Type: Article

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