The effect of carbon nanotubes on viscoelastic behaviour of biomedical grade ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene

Composite Structures

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 263-268

  Guedes, Rui Miranda ^a,b   Pereira, Celeste M C ^a   Fonseca, Alexandra ^c   Oliveira, Mónica S A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dynamic Mechanical and Thermal Analysis (DMTA); Multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT); Time Temperature Superposition Principle (TTSP); Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE); Viscoelastic properties

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL; EFFECT OF CARBONS; REFERENCE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TIME-TEMPERATURE SUPERPOSITION PRINCIPLES; VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOUR; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

EXPERIMENTS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMOANALYSIS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84880821414     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2013.05.027     Document Type: Article

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