Activation of boron nitride nanotubes and their polymer composites for improving mechanical performance

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Zhou, Sheng Jun ^a   Ma, Chun Yin ^a   Meng, Ye Yong ^a   Su, Hai Feng ^a   Zhu, Zheng ^a   Deng, Shun Liu ^a   Xie, Su Yuan ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL DERIVATIZATION; CHEMICAL INERTNESS; DISPERSIBILITIES; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; ISOCYANATE GROUP; ISOPHORONE DIISOCYANATE; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE;

BORON; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; NITRIDES;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84855764382     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/5/055708     Document Type: Article

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