Highly efficient load transfer in polypropylene/vapor grown carbon fiber nanocomposites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-43

  Gao, Yao ^a   Xu, Xiangchuan ^a   Gao, Jian ^a   Liang, Dong ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a   Li, Zhongming ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Interface; B. Mechanical properties; E. Melt spinning

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ALIGNMENT; CARBON FIBERS; FIBERS; FILLED POLYMERS; FILLERS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELT SPINNING; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYACRYLONITRILES; POLYPROPYLENES; SPINNING (FIBERS); TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

E. MELT SPINNINGS; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; INTERFACIAL CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER COMPOSITES; TOPOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; TRANSCRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; VAPOR GROWN CARBON FIBER;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84869869100     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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