Designing of carbon nanotube/polymer composites using melt recirculation approach: Effect of aspect ratio on mechanical, electrical and EMI shielding response

Materials and Design

Volumn 88, Issue , 2015, Pages 269-277

  Verma, Pawan ^a   Saini, Parveen ^b   Choudhary, Veena ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Composites; EMI shielding; MCNT; Mechanical strength; Twin screw extruder

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHIELDING; SOLVENTS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; YARN;

CARBON NANOTUBE/POLYMER COMPOSITES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; EMI SHIELDING; MCNT; POLYPROPYLENE RANDOM COPOLYMERS; SHIELDING EFFECTIVENESS; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING;

EID: 84944381927     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2015.08.156     Document Type: Article

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