Study of the mechanical, electrical and morphological properties of PU/MWCNT composites obtained by two different processing routes

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 235-242

  Fernández d'Arlas, Borja ^a   Khan, Umar ^b   Rueda, Lorena ^a   Martin, Loli ^a   Ramos, Jose A ^a   Coleman, Jonathan N ^b   González, Maria L ^a   Valea, Angel ^a   Mondragon, Iñaki ^a   Corcuera, Maria A ^a   Eceiza, Arantxa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; Buckypaper infiltration; E. Casting

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); ACID TREATED; BUCKYPAPER; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COVALENT LINKAGE; E. CASTING; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; HARD SEGMENTS; MASS FRACTION; MATRIX; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; PREFERENTIAL INTERACTION; PROCESSING METHOD; PROCESSING ROUTE; SOLVENT CAST; SOLVENT CASTING; SYNTHESIS ROUTE;

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; PROCESSING; SEEPAGE;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84855853875     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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