Mechanical and electrical property improvement in CNT/Nylon composites through drawing and stretching

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1677-1683

  Wang, Xin ^a   Bradford, Philip D ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Zhao, Haibo ^a   Inoue, Yoku ^b   Maria, Jon Paul ^a   Li, Qingwen ^c   Yuan, Fuh Gwo ^a   Zhu, Yuntian ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nanocomposites; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Electrical properties; B. Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); COMPOSITE STRENGTH; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPOSITES; HIGH VOLUME FRACTION; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; STRETCH RATIO; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCEMENT;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 80052969227     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.07.023     Document Type: Article

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