Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and wide-angle X-ray scattering: Investigations on polypropylene-vapor-grown carbon nanofiber composites

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 353-360

  Chipara, Mircea ^a   Hamilton, John ^a   Chipara, Alin Cristian ^a   George, Tom ^b   Chipara, Dorina Magdalena ^a   Ibrahim, Elamin E ^a   Lozano, Karen ^a   Sellmyer, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; FTIR; nanocomposites; poly(propylene) (PP); WAXS

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS COMPONENT; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITIES; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPIES; FT-IR INVESTIGATION; FTIR; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTACTIC POLY(PROPYLENE) (IPP); ISOTACTICITIES; MESOPHASES; NANOFIBER COMPOSITES; ORDERED DOMAINS; POLYMERIC COMPONENTS; POLYMERIC MATRICES; SPECTROSCOPIC DATA; VAPOR GROWN CARBON NANOFIBERS; WAXS; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CRYSTALLITES; DROPS; LOADING; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS; VAPORS;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84859597894     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.35576     Document Type: Article

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