Effect of processing methods and functional groups on the properties of multi-walled carbon nanotube filled poly(dimethyl siloxane) composites

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 937-953

  Kong, K T S ^a   Mariatti, M ^a   Rashid, A A ^a   Busfield, J J C ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF MATERIALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Mini extruder; Solution mixing; Tensile strength; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FRACTURE SURFACES; FUNCTIONALIZATION OF NANOTUBES; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; MINI-EXTRUDER; NANOTUBE LENGTHS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; PROCESSING METHOD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; SOLUTION MIXING;

ASPECT RATIO; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MICROCHANNELS; MIXING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 84868632652     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-012-0777-z     Document Type: Article

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