Effect of sonication parameters on the mechanical properties of multi-walled carbon nanotube/epoxy composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 500-508

  Montazeri, A ^a   Chitsazzadeh, M ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Mechanical; Scanning electron microscopy; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DISPERSIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOANALYSIS;

D. DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSES (DMTA); DISPERSION STATE; EFFECTIVE DISPERSION; EPOXY MATRICES; MECHANICAL; SONICATION PARAMETERS; SONICATION TIME; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

SONICATION;

EID: 84890110873     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.11.013     Document Type: Article

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