A quantitative method for analyzing the dispersion and agglomeration of nano-particles in composite materials

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1395-1403

  Tyson, Bryan M ^a   Abu Al Rub, Rashid K ^a   Yazdanbakhsh, Ardavan ^a   Grasley, Zachary ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Discontinuous reinforcement; A. Particle reinforcement; C. Statistical properties methods; D. Electron microscopy; Dispersion

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE PROPERTIES; D. ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DISCONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT; DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICLES; GENERAL METHOD; NANO INCLUSION; PARTICLE REINFORCEMENT; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; STATISTICAL PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES/METHODS;

AGGLOMERATION; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; REINFORCEMENT;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 79960001786     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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