Reinforcement of bulk ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene by fluorinated carbon nanotubes insertion followed by hot pressing and orientation stretching

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 120, Issue , 2015, Pages 26-31

  Kharitonov, Alexander P ^a,b   Maksimkin, Aleksey V ^b,c   Mostovaya, Kseniya S ^c   Kaloshkin, Sergey D ^c   Gorshenkov, Mikhail V ^c   D'yachkova, Tatiana P ^b   Tkachev, Aleksei G ^b   Alekseiko, Leonid N ^d  

^a SEMENOV INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b TAMBOV STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MISIS   (Russian Federation)

^d FAR EASTERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Fluorinated carbon nanotubes; Orientation stretching; Reinforcement; Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HOT PRESSING; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOTUBES; POLYETHYLENES; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; YARN;

BLOCK STRUCTURES; COMPOSITE TENSILE STRENGTH; FLUORINATED CARBON NANOTUBES; MULTISTAGE PROCESS; NANO-FIBRILS; SEM STUDY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84946412326     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2015.10.009     Document Type: Article

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