Effects of multi walled carbon nanotubes and graphene on the mechanical properties of hybrid polymer composites

Advanced Materials Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 261-270

  Shivakumar Gouda, P S ^a   Kulkarni, Raghavendra ^b   Kurbet, S N ^b   Jawali, Dayananda ^a  

^a SRI JAYACHAMARAJENDRA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b Research and Development Center   (India)

Author keywords

Graphene fillers; Hybrid polymer composites; Multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874799473     PISSN: 09763961     EISSN: 0976397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5185/amlett.2012.9419     Document Type: Article

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