Processing and characterization of infusion-processed hybrid composites with in situ grown aligned carbon nanotubes

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ishiguro, Kyoko ^a   De Villoria, Roberto Guzman ^a   Wicks, Sunny S ^a   Yamamoto, Namiko ^a   Wardle, Brian L ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; ALIGNED CNTS; ALUMINA FIBER; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FIBER RATIO; FIBER WOVEN FABRICS; HIERARCHICAL ARCHITECTURES; HYBRID COMPOSITE MATERIALS; HYBRID COMPOSITES; IN-PLANE; IN-SITU; INFUSION PROCESS; INTERLAMINAR; NANO-STRUCTURED; PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES; RESIN INFUSION; RESIN INFUSION PROCESS; SEM; THERMAL PROPERTIES; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS; WOVEN FABRICS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FABRICS; FIBERS; HYBRID MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; RESINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VACUUM; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; VOID FRACTION; WEAVING;

IN SITU PROCESSING;

COMPOSITES; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; FIBERS; FORMING FABRICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLDING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; VACUUM; VOID RATIO; WEAVING;

EID: 84855638756     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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