Decoration of multi-walled carbon nanotubes by polymer wrapping and its application in MWCNTs/polyethylene composites

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hsiao, An En ^a   Tsai, Shu Ya ^a   Hsu, Mei Wen ^a   Chang, Shinn Jen ^a  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CNTs; Composites; Polymer wrapping

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; NANOTUBES; POLYMERS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CNTS; ITS APPLICATIONS; NON-COVALENT FUNCTIONALIZATION; OPTIMAL WEIGHT; POLYMER DISPERSANT; POLYMER WRAPPING; SURFACE RESISTIVITY; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84860667375     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-240     Document Type: Article

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