Effects of process parameters and surface treatments of graphene nanoplatelets on the crystallinity and thermomechanical properties of polyamide 6 composite fibers

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 100, Issue , 2016, Pages 220-227

  Hwang, Sang Ha ^a   Kim, Byeong Joo ^a   Baek, Jong Beom ^a   Shin, Hyeon Suk ^a   Bae, Il Joon ^b   Lee, Seong Young ^b   Park, Young Bin ^a  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fibres; Mechanical properties; Melt spinning; Nano structures; Thermomechanical

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; FIBER BONDING; FIBERS; GRAPHENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELT SPINNING; NANOSTRUCTURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTY; GRAPHENE NANOPLATELETS; INTERFACIAL BONDING; MAXIMUM DRAW RATIOS; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; POLYAMIDE 6 FIBERS; THERMO-MECHANICAL; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

EID: 84976554042     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.06.062     Document Type: Article

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