Carbon nanotube-reinforced thermotropic liquid crystal polymer nanocomposites

Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1955-1974

  Kim, Jun Young ^a,b  

^a Samsung SDI   (South Korea)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Nanocomposites; Thermotropic liquid crystal polymer

Indexed keywords

DESIGN GUIDE; INDUSTRIAL USE; MELT BLENDING; MODIFIED CARBON; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL POLYMER; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS;

BLENDING; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; REINFORCEMENT; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 80054730489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma2041955     Document Type: Article

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