Short nylon-6 nanofiber reinforced transparent and high modulus thermoplastic polymeric composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 87, Issue , 2013, Pages 164-169

  Jiang, Shaohua ^a   Greiner, Andreas ^a   Agarwal, Seema ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Short fiber composites; B. Mechanical properties; D. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); E. Electro spinning; Transparency

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS FIBERS; E. ELECTRO-SPINNING; MATRIX POLYMERS; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; REINFORCING EFFECTS; REINFORCING FIBERS; SHORT FIBER COMPOSITES; SHORT NYLON-6 FIBER;

FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOFIBERS; POLYAMIDES; POLYMERS; RAYON; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPARENCY;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

EID: 84883704457     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2013.08.011     Document Type: Article

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