Morphology and mechanical properties of MWNT/PMIA nanofibers by electrospinning

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1390-1395

  He, Bin ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Pan, Zhijuan ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; mechanical property; morphology; nanofibers; poly(m phenylene isophthalamide)

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ELECTROSPINNING; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; DOSING LEVEL; MORPHOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOFIBER MATS; POLY(M-PHENYLENE ISOPHTHALAMIDE); THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYZER; WELL-DISPERSED;

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84862297533     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: 17467748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517512441990     Document Type: Article

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