Investigation of shear thinning behavior and microstructures of MWCNT/epoxy and CNF/epoxy suspensions under steady shear conditions

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1042-1049

  Yokozeki, Tomohiro ^a   Carolin Schulz, Sonja ^b   Buschhorn, Samuel Thomas ^b   Schulte, Karl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agglomerates; Carbon nanofibers; Carbon nanotubes; Rheological properties; Shear thinning; Steady state shear viscosity

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FILLER CONCENTRATION; FILLER CONTENTS; FILLER MATERIALS; FILLER NETWORK; HIGH SHEAR RATE; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MICRO-MECHANICAL; NANO-FILLERS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SHEAR-THINNING BEHAVIOR; SPECIFIC VALUES; STEADY SHEAR; STEADY-STATE SHEAR VISCOSITY;

AGGLOMERATION; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; DISPERSIONS; ELASTICITY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR THINNING; VISCOMETERS;

FILLERS;

EID: 84861188709     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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