Fracture mechanisms of epoxy filled with ozone functionalized multi-wall carbon nanotubes

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-13

  Tang, Long cheng ^a,b   Zhang, Hui ^a   Han, Jin hua ^a   Wu, Xiao ping ^b   Zhang, Zhong ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nano composites; B. Fracture toughness; B. Surface treatments; D. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

A. NANO COMPOSITES; EPOXY MATRICES; FIBROUS COMPOSITES; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; INTERFACIAL BONDING; REINFORCING EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRONS;

CARBON; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OZONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 81455131145     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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