High performance natural rubber composites with a hierarchical reinforcement structure of carbon nanotube modified natural fibers

Materials and Design

Volumn 58, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-11

  Tzounis, Lazaros ^a,b   Debnath, Subhas ^a,c   Rooj, Sandip ^a,b   Fischer, Dieter ^a   Mäder, Edith ^a,b   Das, Amit ^a   Stamm, Manfred ^a,b   Heinrich, Gert ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Elastomers; Hierarchical composites; Interface; Multi scale reinforcement; Natural fibers

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; COUPLING AGENTS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ELASTOMERS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); JUTE FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NATURAL FIBERS; REINFORCEMENT; REMOVAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COMPOSITE FRACTURE SURFACES; HIERARCHICAL COMPOSITE; HIERARCHICAL REINFORCEMENT; INTERFACIAL ADHESION STRENGTH; MACROMOLECULAR COUPLING AGENTS; MECHANICAL INTERLOCKING; NATURAL RUBBER COMPOSITES; WATER CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENT;

RUBBER;

COUPLING AGENTS; ELASTOMERS; INTERFACES; JUTE; REINFORCEMENT; REMOVAL; RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84893518872     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.01.071     Document Type: Article

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