Selective localisation of multi walled carbon nanotubes in polypropylene/natural rubber blends to reduce the percolation threshold

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 116, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-17

  Thankappan Nair, Sharika ^a   Vijayan, P Poornima ^b   Xavier, Priti ^c   Bose, Suryasarathi ^c   George, Soney C ^a,d   Thomas, Sabu ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Qatar University   (Qatar)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d AMAL JYOTHI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nanocomposites; D. Rheology; D. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NANOCOMPOSITES; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYPROPYLENES; RUBBER; SOLVENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YARN;

BLEND COMPOSITION; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOCALISATION; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR; RUBBER BLENDS; SPECIFIC INTERACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84929303640     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2015.04.021     Document Type: Article

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