Compressive behavior of MWCNT/epoxy composite mats

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1027-1033

  Dassios, Konstantinos G ^a,b   Musso, Simone ^c   Galiotis, Costas ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nanocomposites; B. Mechanical properties; D. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM); E. Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)

Indexed keywords

AS-GROWN; CARBON PRECURSORS; COMPOSITE PLATES; COMPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR; E. CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS; ELASTIC INSTABILITIES; ELASTIC REGIME; NANO SCALE; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PURE POLYMERS; THERMAL CVD;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; EPOXY RESINS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 84860323889     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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