Dispersion of carbon nanotubes and its influence on the mechanical properties of the cement matrix

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1104-1113

  Sobolkina, Anastasia ^a   Mechtcherine, Viktor ^a   Khavrus, Vyacheslav ^b   Maier, Diana ^b   Mende, Mandy ^c   Ritschel, Manfred ^b   Leonhardt, Albrecht ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Cement based composites; Dispersion; Mechanical properties; Sonication; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; CEMENT MATRIX; CEMENT PASTE; CEMENT-BASED COMPOSITES; DEAGGLOMERATION; HARDENED CEMENT PASTE; HIGH-STRAIN-RATE; MULTI-WALLED; NITROGEN-DOPED; QUASI-STATIC LOADING; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

CALCIUM SILICATE; CARBON NANOTUBES; CEMENTS; DISPERSION (WAVES); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; SONICATION; STRAIN RATE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84866370398     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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