Exploration of Epoxy Resins, Hardening Systems, and Epoxy/Carbon Nanotube Composite Designed for High Performance Materials: A Review

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 312-333

  Rafique, Irum ^a,b   Kausar, Ayesha ^a   Anwar, Zanib ^a,b   Muhammad, Bakhtiar ^b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b HAZARA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aerospace; epoxy; epoxy CNT composite; fabrication technique; hardening agent

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; HARDENING; NANOTUBES; YARN;

AEROSPACE; COMPOSITE PROCESSING; EPOXY; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; FIBER REINFORCED EPOXY COMPOSITES; HARDENING AGENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE MATERIAL; NANOTUBE COMPOSITES;

EPOXY RESINS;

EID: 84957894261     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2015.1070874     Document Type: Article

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