Effect of acid treated carbon nanotubes on mechanical, rheological and thermal properties of polystyrene nanocomposites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1554-1561

  Amr, Issam Thaher ^a   Al Amer, Adnan ^a   Selvin, Thomas P ^a   Al Harthi, Mamdouh ^a   Girei, Salihu Adamu ^a   Sougrat, Rachid ^b   Atieh, Muataz Ali ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotube; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; B. Rheological properties

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON NANOTUBE; A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); ACID TREATED; ACID TREATMENTS; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BULK POLYMERIZATION; DSC MEASUREMENTS; FTIR; FUNCTIONALIZED; MATRIX; MATRIX POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENE NANOCOMPOSITES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; RHEOLOGICAL STUDIES; TENSILE TESTS; VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIORS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS TRANSITION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASTICIZERS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; RHEOLOGY; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 79959928023     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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