Effects of carbon nanotube alignment on electrical and mechanical properties of epoxy nanocomposites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-34

  Khan, Shafi Ullah ^a   Pothnis, Jayaram R ^a   Kim, Jang Kyo ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

A. Particle reinforcement; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Directional orientation; B. Electrical properties; Carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL ORIENTATION; ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION THRESHOLD; MECHANICAL AND FRACTURE PROPERTIES; PARTICLE REINFORCEMENT; POLARIZED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS);

CARBON NANOTUBES; CRACK TIPS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84874895373     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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