Effects of dispersion surfactants on the properties of ceramic-carbon nanotube (CNT) nanocomposites

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 1 PART A, 2014, Pages 511-516

  Inam, Fawad ^a   Heaton, Andrew ^b   Brown, Peter ^b   Peijs, Ton ^c   Reece, Michael J ^c  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs); B. Electrical properties; B. Fracture toughness; E. Sintering

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MIXTURES; NANOCOMPOSITES; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

CERAMIC-MATRIX COMPOSITES (CMCS); E. SINTERING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INDENTATION FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; NANO-COMPOSITE POWDERS; SODIUM DODECYL SULPHATE; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84887624643     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.06.031     Document Type: Article

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