Poly(vinyl alcohol) reinforced with large-diameter carbon nanotubes via spray winding

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 587-592

  Liu, Wei ^a,b   Zhao, Haibo ^b   Inoue, Yoku ^c   Wang, Xin ^b   Bradford, Philip D ^b   Kim, Hyungsup ^d   Qiu, Yiping ^a   Zhu, Yuntian ^b  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

A. Discontinuous reinforcement; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Electrical properties; B. Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); DISCONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; LARGE DIAMETER; MATRIX; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; PROCESSING SPEED; SPRAYED SOLUTION; WEIGHT FRACTIONS; WINDING SPEED;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE FILMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; WINDING;

REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 84862828596     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.12.029     Document Type: Article

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