Dispersion and its relation to carbon nanotube concentration in polyimide nanocomposites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-49

  Misiego, C Rocio ^a,b   Pipes, R Byron ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SABIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nanocomposites; B. Mechanical properties; C. Modeling; D. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION; MICROMECHANICAL MODEL; NANOTUBE BUNDLES; NANOTUBE CONCENTRATION; NANOTUBE WAVINESS; PERCOLATION CONCENTRATIONS; POLYIMIDE MATRIX; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT;

ASPECT RATIO; DISPERSIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYIMIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLVENTS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84879835530     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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