Automated dispersion and orientation analysis for carbon nanotube reinforced polymer composites

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 43, 2012, Pages

  Gao, Yi ^a   Li, Zhuo ^b   Lin, Ziyin ^b   Zhu, Liangjia ^c   Tannenbaum, Allen ^d,e,f,g   Bouix, Sylvain ^a   Wong, C P ^b,h  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Boston University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ANALYSIS; CARBON NANOTUBE-REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; CNT DISPERSION; DISPERSION INDEX; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; HOST MATRICES; MICROSTRUCTURE OBSERVATION; MODEL COMPOUND; ORIENTATION ANALYSIS; ORIENTATION INDEX; POLYMER COMPOSITE; REAL IMAGES; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS;

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FILLERS; IMAGE PROCESSING; POLYMERS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84867466731     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/43/435706     Document Type: Article

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