'Expanded organoclay' assisted dispersion and simultaneous structural alterations of multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) clusters in natural rubber

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 107, Issue , 2015, Pages 36-43

  Rooj, S ^a,b   Das, A ^a,c   Stockelhuber K W ^a   Wiessner S ^a,b   Fischer, D ^a   Reuter, U ^a   Heinrich, G ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nanoclays; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Synergism; D. Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DISPERSIONS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANOCLAY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RUBBER; SOLVENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YARN;

B. SYNERGISM; HIGH-CONTENT; MECHANICAL PERCOLATION THRESHOLD; NANO CLAYS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); STRONG INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84919936301     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2014.11.018     Document Type: Article

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