The effect of mixing methods on the dispersion of carbon nanotubes during the solvent-free processing of multiwalled carbon nanotube/epoxy composites

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 410-420

  Gupta, Murari L ^a   Sydlik, Stefanie A ^b   Schnorr, Jan M ^b   Woo, Dong Jin ^c   Osswald, Sebastian ^c   Swager, Timothy M ^b   Raghavan, Dharmaraj ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

composites; fillers; fracture; mechanical properties; multiwalled carbon nanotubes; nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

BISPHENOLS; COMPOSITE SAMPLES; DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; EPOXY MATRICES; EPOXY SAMPLES; FRACTURE SURFACES; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; HOMOGENEOUS SAMPLES; MICRO RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; MIXING METHOD; OPTICAL MICROGRAPHS; PROCESSING METHOD; RAMAN IMAGES; SEM ANALYSIS; SHEAR MIXER; SOLVENT FREE; ULTRA-SONICATION;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CURING; DISPERSIONS; EPOXY RESINS; FILLERS; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHENOLS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TOLUENE;

PROCESSING;

EID: 84873482825     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: 10990488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.23225     Document Type: Article

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