Phase behaviour, microstructure, and percolation of poly(ethylene glycol) filled by multiwalled carbon nanotubes and organophilic montmorillonite

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 45, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2555-2566

  Lebovka, N I ^a   Lysenkov, E A ^b   Goncharuk, A I ^a   Gomza, Yu P ^b   Klepko, V V ^b   Boiko, Yu P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCOLLOID CHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

crystallinity; multiwalled carbon nanotubes; organo modified montmorillonite; percolation; poly(ethylene glycol)

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINITIES; ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LEVEL OF LOADING; MICROSCOPIC IMAGE; MULTI-WALLED; NANOFILLER; ORGANO-MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITES; ORGANOPHILIC MONTMORILLONITES; PERCOLATION NETWORKS; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; THRESHOLD BEHAVIOR; WORK STUDY; XRD;

CLAY MINERALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ETHYLENE; GLYCOLS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); PHASE BEHAVIOR; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SOLVENTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 80955166489     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998311401107     Document Type: Article

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