Rheology of polymer-carbon nanotube composites melts

Polymer-Carbon Nanotube Composites: Preparation, Properties and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 428-481

  Nobile, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Polymer composites; Rheology; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELASTICITY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; POLYMER MELTS; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY; YARN;

ELONGATIONAL FLOW; FLOW-INDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION; LINEAR VISCOELASTIC; POLYMER CARBON NANOTUBES; POLYMER COMPOSITE; PROCESSING CONDITION; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84867005577     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857091390.2.428     Document Type: Chapter

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