Effect of carbon nanotube functionalization on mechanical and thermal properties of cross-linked epoxy-carbon nanotube nanocomposites: Role of strengthening the interfacial interactions

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6098-6110

  Khare, Ketan S ^a,b   Khabaz, Fardin ^a   Khare, Rajesh ^a  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

^b Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

cross linked epoxy nanocomposites; functionalized carbon nanotubes; matrix filler interactions; thermal conductivity; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPRESSIBILITY; ELASTIC MODULI; FILLED POLYMERS; FILLERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CROSS-LINKED EPOXIES; FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; INTERPHASE REGIONS; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL REINFORCEMENT; NANOTUBE FUNCTIONALIZATION; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84900862483     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am405317x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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