Preparation and characterization of nanocomposites based on COOH functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes and on poly(trimethylene terephthalate)

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 977-995

  Szymczyk, A ^a   Roslaniec, Z ^a   Zenker, M ^a   Garcia Gutierrez M C ^b   Hernandez J J ^b   Rueda, D R ^b   Nogales, A ^b   Ezquerra, T A ^b  

^a WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Poly(trimethylene terephthalate); Polymer nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052217864     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2011.96     Document Type: Article

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