Improvement of carbon nanotube dispersion in thermoplastic composites using a three roll mill at elevated temperatures

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 78-84

  Pötschke, Petra ^a   Krause, Beate ^a   Buschhorn, Samuel T ^b   Köpke, Ulf ^c   Müller, Michael T ^a,d   Villmow, Tobias ^a   Schulte, Karl ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c EXAKT Advanced TechnologiesGmbH   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical property; D. Optical microscopy; Dispersion

Indexed keywords

ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; ETHYLENE-VINYL ACETATE; GAP SIZE; MELT EXTRUSION; NANOTUBE AGGLOMERATES; NANOTUBE DISPERSIONS; NUMBER AND SIZE; POLYMERMATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); ROLL MILLING; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE; THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ETHYLENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELT SPINNING; MILLING (MACHINING); MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84869191957     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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