Thermo-mechanical characterization of epoxy nanocomposites with different carbon nanotube distributions obtained by solvent aided and direct mixing

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 520-531

  Martone, A ^a   Formicola, C ^a   Piscitelli, F ^a   Lavorgna, M ^a   Zarrelli, M ^a   Antonucci, V ^a   Giordano, M ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nanocomposites; Processing technologies; Thermosetting resins

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED COMPOSITES; AGITATION ENERGY; CARBONACEOUS NANOPARTICLES; DEBUNDLING; DIFFERENT SOLVENTS; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; EPOXY SYSTEMS; FUNDAMENTAL FEATURES; LOW DENSITY; MAGNETIC AGITATION; MATRIX SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL MODULUS; MECHANICAL STIRRING; MICRON LEVEL; MIXING TECHNIQUES; MIXING TEMPERATURE; MONO-COMPONENT; NANOCOMPOSITE MORPHOLOGY; NANOSIZED STRUCTURES; OPTICAL ANALYSIS; PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SOLVENT SOLUBILITY; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; THERMO-MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION; THERMOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES;

ACETONE; AGGREGATES; ETHANOL; MIXING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOMAGNETICS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; SOLVENTS; SONICATION; THERMOSETS;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84860676459     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2012.56     Document Type: Article

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