Metal catalyst residues in carbon nanotubes decrease the thermal stability of carbon nanotube/silicone composites

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4138-4148

  Li, Zhuo ^a   Lin, Wei ^a   Moon, Kyoung Sik ^a   Wilkins, Stewart J ^a   Yao, Yagang ^a   Watkins, Ken ^b   Morato, Liliane ^b   Wong, Chingping ^a,c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Polymer Aging Concepts Inc   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED THERMAL DEGRADATION; ACID TREATMENTS; COBALT NANOPARTICLES; FREE RADICAL GENERATION; METAL CATALYST; RADICAL SCAVENGERS; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; COBALT; DEGRADATION; FILLERS; FREE RADICALS; NANOPARTICLES; REMOVAL; SILICONES;

THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EID: 79961024887     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.05.042     Document Type: Article

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