Effects of three surfactant types of anionic, cationic and non-ionic on tensile properties and fracture surface morphology of epoxy/MWCNT nanocomposites

Iranian Polymer Journal (English Edition)

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-130

  Ghorabi, Shima ^a   Rajabi, Laleh ^a   Madaeni, Sayed Siavash ^a   Zinadini, Sirus ^a   Derakhshan, Ali Ashraf ^a  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Fracture surface morphology; Nanocomposites; Surfactants; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SURFACES; DISPERSION STATE; EPOXY MATRICES; FRACTURE SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; FTIR; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; NONIONIC; OCTYL PHENYLS; POLYOXYETHYLENE; REINFORCING AGENT; SEM MICROGRAPHS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; TENSILE FRACTURE SURFACES; TENSILE PARAMETERS; TRITON X-100;

ADHESION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; CRACKS; DISPERSION (WAVES); NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SODIUM SULFATE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS;

EID: 84860429248     PISSN: 10261265     EISSN: 17355265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13726-011-0013-y     Document Type: Article

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