Mechanical performance of epoxy matrix hybrid nanocomposites containing carbon nanotubes and nanodiamonds

Materials and Design

Volumn 87, Issue , 2015, Pages 436-444

  Subhani, Tayyab ^a   Latif, Munaisra ^a   Ahmad, Iftikhar ^b   Rakha, Sobia A ^c   Ali, Naveed ^c   Khurram, Aqeel A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Epoxy; Mechanical; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes; Nanocomposites; Nanodiamonds

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; FRACTURE TESTING; HARDNESS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; YARN;

EPOXY; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; MECHANICAL; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (MWCNTS); NANO-REINFORCEMENTS;

NANODIAMONDS;

EID: 84944213517     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2015.08.059     Document Type: Article

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