Highly thermally conductive flame-retardant epoxy nanocomposites with reduced ignitability and excellent electrical conductivities

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 139, Issue , 2017, Pages 83-89

  Gu, Junwei ^a   Liang, Chaobo ^a   Zhao, Xiaomin ^b   Gan, Bin ^c   Qiu, Hua ^a   Guo, Yonqiang ^a   Yang, Xutong ^a   Zhang, Qiuyu ^a   Wang, De Yi ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IMDEA MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^c NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Casting; Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); Thermal properties; Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)

Indexed keywords

CASTING; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; EPOXY RESINS; FILLERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; FLAME RETARDANCY; GRAPHITE NANOPLATELETS; HARDNESS VALUES; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS);

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 85008213610     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2016.12.015     Document Type: Article

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