Shear-induced anisotropy of concentrated multiwalled carbon nanotube suspensions using x-ray scattering

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1033-1058

  Pujari, Saswati ^a   Rahatekar, Sameer ^b   Gilman, Jeffery W ^c   Koziol, Krzysztof K ^d   Windle, Alan H ^d   Burghardt, Wesley R ^e  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Nanocomposite; X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

FLOW CESSATION; FLOW DIRECTION; FLOW-INDUCED ANISOTROPY; HIGH SHEAR RATE; MATRIX VISCOSITY; NEWTONIANS; ORIENTATION DATA; PARTICLE ORIENTATION; SHEAR THINNING; SHEAR-INDUCED ANISOTROPY; SMALL- AND WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERINGS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ORIENTATION; TIME-SCALES; TRANSIENT MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY INCREASE;

ANISOTROPY; ASPECT RATIO; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; SCATTERING; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY; X RAY SCATTERING; X RAYS;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 80051616644     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.3609854     Document Type: Article

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