Structural polymer-based carbon nanotube composite fibers: Understanding the processing-structure-performance relationship

Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2543-2577

  Song, Kenan ^a   Zhang, Yiying ^a   Meng, Jiangsha ^a   Green, Emily C ^a   Tajaddod, Navid ^a   Li, Heng ^a   Minus, Marilyn L ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Applications; Carbon nanotubes; Dispersion; Interphase; Mechanical properties; Polymer; Preparation; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON-NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; FABRICATION METHOD; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; INTERPHASE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; PREPARATION; PROCESSING FACTORS; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS;

ALIGNMENT; APPLICATIONS; CARBON NANOTUBES; DISPERSION (WAVES); FILLED POLYMERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84883069394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma6062543     Document Type: Article

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