Carboxyl-terminated butadiene-acrylonitrile-toughened epoxy/carboxyl-modified carbon nanotube nanocomposites: Thermal and mechanical properties

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 719-728

  Wang, Y T ^a   Wang, C S ^a   Yin, H Y ^a   Wang, L L ^a   Xie, H F ^a   Cheng, R S ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Epoxy resin; Nanocomposites; Thermal properties; Thermosetting resin

Indexed keywords

CURE KINETICS; CURING REACTIONS; DIGLYCIDYL ETHER OF BISPHENOL-A; ELONGATION AT BREAK; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; FLEXURAL MODULUS; KINETIC STUDY; NANO-FILLERS; RUBBER-TOUGHENED; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; UNIVERSAL TEST;

BUTADIENE; CARBON NANOTUBES; CURING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EPOXY RESINS; ETHERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); RESINS; RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOSETS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84863852821     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2012.77     Document Type: Article

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