Epoxy nanocomposites with two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide additives

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 5282-5289

  Eksik, Osman ^a   Gao, Jian ^a   Shojaee, S Ali ^b   Thomas, Abhay ^a   Chow, Philippe ^a   Bartolucci, Stephen F ^c   Lucca, Don A ^b   Koratkar, Nikhil ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Oklahoma State University   (United States)

^c U S Army Armaments Research Development Engineering Center Benét Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

epoxy nanocomposites; fracture toughness; mechanical properties; modulus; molybdenum disulfide; tensile strength; transition metal dichalcogenides

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FILLERS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAPHENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BAND-GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL INSULATION PROPERTIES; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; MODULUS; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES;

TRANSITION METALS;

EID: 84901660160     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5014098     Document Type: Article

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