Dispersion, bonding and orientation of carbon nanotubes in polymer matrices

Processing and Properties of Nanocomposites

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 61-98

  Advani, Suresh G ^a   Fan, Zhihang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONDING; CARBON; DISPERSIONS; MANUFACTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; PROCESSING; YARN;

CRITICAL STEPS; EVOLUTION OF THE MICROSTRUCTURE; INTERFACIAL BONDING; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL; POLYMER MATRICES; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; PROCESSING METHOD; STATE OF RESEARCH;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84968919413     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812772473_0002     Document Type: Chapter

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