Interactive effects between carbon allotrope fillers on the mechanical reinforcement of polyisoprene based nanocomposites

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 436-449

  Agnelli, S ^a   Cipolletti, V ^b   Musto, S ^b   Coombs, M ^c   Conzatti, L ^d   Pandini, S ^a   Ricco T ^a   Galimberti, M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c Pirelli Labs SpA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon black; Carbon nanotubes; Interactive effects; Nanographite; Nanomaterials

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELASTIC MODULI; FILLED POLYMERS; GRAPHITE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; REINFORCEMENT;

CARBON ALLOTROPES; CROSSLINKED COMPOSITES; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; INTERFACIAL AREAS; MECHANICAL REINFORCEMENT; NANO-GRAPHITE; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; SHAPE ANISOTROPY;

FILLERS;

EID: 84897458682     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2014.47     Document Type: Article

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