Macroscale experimental evidence of a reducedmobility non-bulk polymer phase in nanotubereinforced polymers

44th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Fisher, F T ^a   Brinson, L C ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE ELASTIC MODULUS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; INFORMATION CONCERNING; MODULUS ENHANCEMENTS; MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES; NANOSCALE INTERACTIONS; VISCO-ELASTIC BEHAVIORS; VISCOELASTIC RESPONSE;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HYBRID MATERIALS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); REINFORCED PLASTICS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84896832435     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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