Multiscale fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites incorporating carbon nanotubes: A review

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 62-80

  Díez Pascual, Ana M ^a   Naffakh, Mohammed ^b   Marco, Carlos ^a   Gómez Fatou, Marián A ^a   Ellis, Gary J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Hierarchical composites; Synergistic effects; Thermoplastic polymers

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; NANOTUBES; PLASTICS; THERMOPLASTICS; YARN;

FIBER REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS; HIERARCHICAL COMPOSITE; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPOSITES; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER;

REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 84902765961     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2013.06.003     Document Type: Review

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