Synthesis, morphology and physical properties of multi-walled carbon nanotube/biphenyl liquid crystalline epoxy composites

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 896-905

  Hsu, Sheng Hao ^a   Wu, Ming Chung ^a   Chen, Sharon ^a   Chuang, Chih Min ^b   Lin, Shih Hsiang ^a   Su, Wei Fang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURING PROCESS; DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; DEGREE OF CONVERSION; DENDRITIC STRUCTURES; EPOXY COMPOSITE; FUNCTIONALIZED; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE EPOXY; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; LONG RANGE; MATRIX; ORDERED STRUCTURES; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SPHERICAL CRYSTALLINE; STRONG INTERACTION; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CARBON; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CURING; DISPERSIONS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GLASS TRANSITION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RESINS;

EPOXY RESINS;

EID: 84155162616     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.09.051     Document Type: Article

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