Improving electrical conductivity and mechanical properties of high density polyethylene through incorporation of paraffin wax coated exfoliated graphene nanoplatelets and multi-wall carbon nano-tubes

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1840-1849

  Jiang, Xian ^a   Drzal, Lawrence T ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Electrical properties; B. Mechanical properties; E. Extrusion and injection molding

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); COATING METHODS; E. EXTRUSION; ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MELT EXTRUSION; NANO-PLATELETS; SOLVENT EVAPORATION; VACUUM DRYING;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; EXTRUSION MOLDING; GRAPHENE; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; INJECTION MOLDING; MELT SPINNING; MOLDS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; THERMOPLASTICS; VACUUM EVAPORATION; XYLENE;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 80053316166     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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