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Article: Mechanical and thermal properties of functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes/cyanate ester composite.(Report)
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- Polymer Engineering and Science
- Article date:
- April 1, 2009
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INTRODUCTION
Cyanate ester resins (CEs) are among the most important engineering thermosetting polymers and have received attentions because of their outstanding physical properties such as low water absorptivity and outgassing, excellent mechanical properties, dimensional and thermal stability, and flame resistance (1-4). Unfortunately, highly crosslinked thermosets, such as CEs, tend to be brittle and have reduced impact resistance. To improve the toughness of a cured CE, a number of different modifiers have been used. These additives include reactive and nonreactive rubbers (5), (6), a variety of engineering thermoplastics (7-9) and some kind of thermosets ...