Effect of uniaxial deformation, annealing and carbon nanotubes on the morphology and mechanical properties of poly (butylene terephthalate) and pbt nanocomposites

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 11, Issue , 2007, Pages 1127-1135

  Mago, Gaurav ^a   Dutreuil, Jerry A ^a   Fisher, Frank T ^a   Kalyon, Dilhan M ^b  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; Nanocomposites; Poly (butylene terephthalate); Strain induced crystallization

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BUTENES; CARBON; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTIC MODULI; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSYSTEMS; POLYMERS; TENSILE TESTING; YARN; YIELD STRESS;

CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; MORPHOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOPARTICLE LOADINGS; POLY (BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; STRAININDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION;

STRAIN;

EID: 84928630580     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE200741977     Document Type: Conference Paper

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