Influence of single wall carbon nanotubes and thermal treatment on the morphology of polymer thin films

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 421-427

  Hernández, Jaime J ^a   García Gutiérrez, Mari Cruz ^a   Rueda, Daniel R ^a   Ezquerra, Tiberio A ^a   Davies, Richard J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Coating; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); D. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM); D. Raman Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); CONTROL MORPHOLOGY; CRYSTALLINE LAMELLA; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; D. ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (AFM); DEGREE OF DISPERSION; NUCLEATING AGENTS; PARALLEL ARRANGEMENT; POLY (BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION; POLYMER THIN FILMS; RAMAN MICROSCOPY; SHISH-KEBAB STRUCTURES; SUBMICROMETERS; SUBSTRATE INTERACTION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BUTENES; CARBON; CARBON FILMS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); THIN FILMS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84855869878     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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