Effects of carbon nanotube functionalization and annealing on crystallization and mechanical properties of melt-spun carbon nanotubes/poly(ethylene terephthalate) fibers

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1834-1840

  Yoo, Hye Jin ^a   Kim, Kyoung Hou ^b   Yadav, Santosh Kumar ^a   Cho, Jae Whan ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Intellectual Property Office   (South Korea)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Fibers; A. Nanocomposites; B. Mechanical properties; Melt spinning

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING EFFECTS; BREAKING STRESS; COMPOSITE FIBERS; DRAW RATIO; FUNCTIONALIZED; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; MELT-SPUN; MELT-SPUN FIBERS; NANOTUBE FUNCTIONALIZATION; PET FIBERS; TEREPHTHALATE; WELL-DISPERSED;

CARBON FIBERS; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELT SPINNING; MOLECULES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

EID: 84867294876     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2012.07.022     Document Type: Article

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