Carbon nanotube-based multifunctional polymer nanocomposites

Polymer Reviews

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 355-416

  Pandey, Gaurav ^a   Thostenson, Erik T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; electrical properties; mechanical properties; multiscale composites; nanocomposites; thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; FIBER COMPOSITE; MULTI-SCALE COMPOSITES; MULTIFUNCTIONAL POLYMER; NANO SCALE; NANO-COMPOSITE STRUCTURE; NANOTUBE-BASED COMPOSITES; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POLYMER SYSTEMS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

CARBON; COMPOSITES; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; RESEARCH; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84866089196     PISSN: 15583724     EISSN: 15583716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583724.2012.703747     Document Type: Review

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