Carbon nanotube modification using gum arabic and its effect on the dispersion and tensile properties of carbon nanotubes/epoxy nanocomposites

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 7369-7373

  Kim, Man Tae ^a   Park, Ho Seok ^a   Hui, David ^a,b   Rhee, Kyong Yop ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b UNO College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Epoxy; Fracture surface; Gum arabic; MWCNTS; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION STATE; DISTILLED WATER; EPOXY; EPOXY MATRICES; FRACTURE SURFACE; FRACTURE SURFACES; GUM ARABIC; INTERFACIAL BONDING; MWCNTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

ADHESIVES; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELASTIC MODULI; NANOCOMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84863061181     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2011.4791     Document Type: Conference Paper

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