Plasma functionalization for improving dispersion and interfacial bonding of multi-wall carbon nanotubes in cyanate ester/epoxy nanocomposites

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 433, Issue , 2013, Pages 173-180

  Li, Jingwen ^a,b   Wu, Zhixiong ^a   Huang, Chuanjun ^a   Chen, Zhen ^a,b   Huang, Rongjin ^a   Li, Laifeng ^a  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Interfacial bonding; Multi wall carbon nanotubes; Nanocomposites; Plasma polymerization

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; ESTERS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PLASMA POLYMERIZATION; POLYMER FILMS; REINFORCEMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ACRYLIC ACIDS; CYANATE ESTERS; FUNCTIONALIZED MWCNTS; INTERFACIAL BONDING; PLASMA FUNCTIONALIZATION; REINFORCED EPOXY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM); ULTRA-THIN;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

CYANATE ESTER; ESTER DERIVATIVE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84879260516     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.04.057     Document Type: Article

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