Mechanical properties and microstructure of single-wall carbon nanotube/elastomeric epoxy composites with block copolymers

Materials Letters

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 116-119

  Li, Qianqian ^a   Zaiser, Michael ^b,c   Blackford, Jane R ^b   Jeffree, Chris ^b   He, Yehong ^d   Koutsos, Vasileios ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d Shen Yang Liming Aero Engine Group Corp   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Deformation and fracture; Microstructure; Nanocomposites; Polymeric composites

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; DISPERSIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; EPOXY RESINS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DEFORMATION AND FRACTURE; DISPERSING AGENT; EPOXY COMPOSITE; FRACTURE STRESS; INTERFACIAL BONDING; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; PROPERTIES AND MICROSTRUCTURES; SWNT DISPERSIONS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84898610083     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2014.03.096     Document Type: Article

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