Strong and stiff aramid nanofiber/carbon nanotube nanocomposites

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2489-2501

  Zhu, Jiaqi ^a   Cao, Wenxin ^a   Yue, Mingli ^a   Hou, Ying ^a   Han, Jiecai ^a   Yang, Ming ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

aramid nanofibers; CNTs; CTE; layer by layer assembly; LBL; mechanical properties; nanocomposites; nanotubes; stiffness; strength; vacuum Assisted flocculation

Indexed keywords

ARAMID FIBERS; FILLERS; FLOCCULATION; HYDROGEN BONDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; NANOTUBES; OSTWALD RIPENING; STIFFNESS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

CNTS; COEFFICIENTS OF THERMAL EXPANSIONS; COMPOSITE REINFORCEMENT; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLIES; NANOSCALE BUILDING BLOCKS; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; STRENGTH; THERMO-MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84925583083     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn504927e     Document Type: Article

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