Physical and mechanical characterization of nanocomposites with carbon nanotubes functionalized with the matrix polymer

Single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) are functionalized with poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA). The functionalized nanotubes are homogeneously dispersed in a PVA solution. Nanocomposite films with low SWNT content (0.1 to 1%) are produced by the wet-casting method. X-ray diffraction shows that the PVA crysta...

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Main Author: Paiva, M. C. (author)
Other Authors: Zhou, B. (author), Fernando, K. A. S. (author), Lin, Y. (author), Lopes, P. E. (author), Pennington, W. T. (author), Kennedy, J. M. (author), Sun, Y. P. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/17917
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/17917