Review of electro-active shape-memory polymer composite

Y Liu, H Lv, X Lan, J Leng, S Du - Composites Science and Technology, 2009 - Elsevier
Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) have been one of the most popular subjects under
intensive investigation in recent years, due to their many novel properties and great …

[HTML][HTML] Nanocomposites: synthesis, structure, properties and new application opportunities

PHC Camargo, KG Satyanarayana, F Wypych - Materials Research, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
Nanocomposites, a high performance material exhibit unusual property combinations and
unique design possibilities. With an estimated annual growth rate of about 25% and fastest …

[PDF][PDF] Polymeric modification of graphene through esterification of graphite oxide and poly (vinyl alcohol)

HJ Salavagione, MA Gomez, G Martínez - Macromolecules, 2009 - academia.edu
Soluble graphene covalently functionalized with poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA) has been
synthesized by simple esterification reaction of carboxylic groups in graphite oxide using two …

Design and fabrication of colloidal polymer nanocomposites

T Wang, JL Keddie - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2009 - Elsevier
It is well established that colloidal polymer particles can be used to create organised
structures by methods of horizontal deposition, vertical deposition, spin-casting, and surface …

Synthesis of poly (vinyl alcohol)/reduced graphite oxide nanocomposites with improved thermal and electrical properties

HJ Salavagione, G Martínez, MA Gómez - Journal of Materials …, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Poly (vinylalcohol)/reduced graphite oxide nanocomposites have been synthesised by
reducing graphite oxide in the presence of the polymer matrix and coagulating the system …

Polymer functionalization and solubilization of carbon nanosheets

LM Veca, F Lu, MJ Meziani, L Cao, P Zhang… - Chemical …, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Few-layer graphene materials or “carbon nanosheets” were covalently functionalized with
poly (vinyl alcohol) viaester linkages, and the resulting functionalized sample became …

A comparative study on the electrical and mechanical behaviour of multi‐walled carbon nanotube composites prepared by diluting a masterbatch with various types of …

M Mičušík, M Omastová, I Krupa… - Journal of Applied …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Polypropylene (PP) nanocomposites with multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (CNT) were
produced by a small‐scale masterbatch melt dilution technique using five PP differing in …

Significant improvement of mechanical properties observed in highly aligned carbon-nanotube-reinforced nanofibers

J Ji, G Sui, Y Yu, Y Liu, Y Lin, Z Du… - The Journal of …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Continuous macroscopic aligned polyacrylonitrile (PAN) composite nanofiber sheets
embedded with highly aligned PAN-grafted multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have …

Regenerated bacterial cellulose/multi-walled carbon nanotubes composite fibers prepared by wet-spinning

P Chen, HS Kim, SM Kwon, YS Yun, HJ Jin - Current Applied Physics, 2009 - Elsevier
Regenerated bacterial cellulose (BC) and regenerated bacterial cellulose/multi-walled
carbon nanotubes (BC/MWCNTs) composite fibers were prepared by wet-spinning of a …

Modification of carbon nanotubes and its effect on properties of carbon nanotube/epoxy nanocomposites

Z Špitalský, L Matějka, M Šlouf… - Polymer …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We have studied an effect of three types of modifications of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on
dispersion and mechanical properties of final epoxy‐amine based nanocomposites. First …