Plasma treated multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTS) for epoxy nanocomposites

Polymers

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2142-2155

  Ritts, Andrew C ^a   Yu, Qingsong ^a   Li, Hao ^a   Lombardo, Stephen J ^a   Han, Xu ^a   Xia, Zhenhai ^b   Lian, Jie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Interfacial adhesion; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Nanocomposites; Plasma treatment; Polymers

Indexed keywords

ALLYL AMINE; COMPOSITE STRENGTH; EPOXY MATRICES; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; INTERFACE BONDING; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; MICROSCOPIC IMAGE; NANO-COATINGS; PH CHANGE; PLASMA TREATMENT; PURE EPOXY; SHEAR-LAG MODEL; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE CONTACT ANGLE;

CONTACT ANGLE; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; MECHANICAL TESTING; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; POLYMERS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PLASMAS;

EID: 84861078416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym3042142     Document Type: Article

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