Tailored SWCNT functionalization optimized for compatibility with epoxy matrices

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 28, 2012, Pages

  Martinez Rubi, Y ^a   Gonzalez Dominguez, J M ^b   Anson Casaos A ^b   Kingston, C T ^a   Daroszewska, M ^a   Barnes, M ^a   Hubert, P ^c   Cattin, C ^c   Martinez, M T ^b   Simard, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO DE CARBOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC-DISCHARGE METHOD; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALIZATION; COUPLING REACTION; DEGREE OF FUNCTIONALIZATION; DIRECT INTEGRATION; EPOXY MATRICES; FTIR; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; IN-SITU; INTERFACE INTERACTION; RHEOLOGY MEASUREMENT;

CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIGOMERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOSETS;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84862839691     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/28/285701     Document Type: Article

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