Polyamide 46/multi-walled carbon nanotube nanocomposites with enhanced thermal, electrical, and mechanical properties

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 208-218

  Chiu, Fang Chyou ^a   Kao, Gow Feng ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

A. Nano structures; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; B. Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

A. NANO-STRUCTURES; A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); AVRAMI ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION THRESHOLD; EQUILIBRIUM MELTING TEMPERATURE; INTENSITY RATIO; POLYAMIDE 46; RAMAN SPECTROMETRIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; SOLUTION MIXING;

ADHESION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 81855164772     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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