Mechanical properties and toughness of carbon aerogel/epoxy polymer composites

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3258-3266

  Hsieh, Tsung Han ^a   Huang, Yau Shian ^a   Shen, Ming Yuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; BLENDING; CARBON; CRACKS; FRACTURE; GLASS TRANSITION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOUGHNESS;

FIELD EMISSION GUNS; FRACTURE PERFORMANCE; INTERFACIAL DEBONDING; LARGE SURFACE AREA; NANOPOROUS STRUCTURES; POLYMER BASED COMPOSITE; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS; TOUGHNESS ENHANCEMENT;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84922696471     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-015-8897-0     Document Type: Article

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