Ultrahigh molecular weight nanotubes

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Percolation behaviour of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene/multi-walled carbon nanotubes composites. European Polymer Journal, 43, 949-958. 

Xi Y, Yamanaka A, Bin Y, Matsuo M. Electrical properties of segregated ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene/multiwalled carbon nanotube composites. JAppl Polym Sci 2007 105(5) 2868—76. 

Mierczynska A, Mayne-L Hermite M, Boiteux G, Jeszka JK (2007) Electrical and mechanical properties of carbon nanotube/ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene composites prepared by a filler pielocahzation method. J Appl Polym Sci 105 158 Ajayan PM, Tour JM (2007) Materials science nanotube composites. Nature 447 1066 Ausman KD, Piner R, Lourie O, Ruolf RS, Korobov M (2000) Organic solvent dispersions of single-walled carbon nanotubes toward solutions of pristine nanotubes. J Phys Chem B 104 8911... 

P. Castell, M. J. Marttnez-Morlanes, P. J. Alonso, M. T. Martinez and J. A. Puertolas, A novel approach to the chemical stabilization of gamma-irradiated ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene using arc-discharge multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Journal of MaterialsScience. 48 (19) 6549-6557 (2013). 

S. Kanagaraj, Mathew MT, Fonseca A, Oliveira MSA, Simoes JAO, Rocha LA. Tribological characterization of carbon nanotubes/ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene composites the effects of shding distance. Int. J. Surf. Sci. Eng 4,305-321 (2010). 

B. M. Amoh, S. A. A. Ramazani, and H. Izadi. Preparation of Ultrahigh-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene / Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites with a Ziegler - Natta Catalytic System and Investigation of Their Thermal and Mechanical Properties. /. Appl. Polym. Sci. 125, E453 (2012). 

S. Kanagaraj, A. Fonseca, R. M. Guedes, M. S. A. Ohveira, and J. A. O. Simoes, Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene-Carbon Nanotubes Composites under Different Cooling Techniques. Defect Diffus. Forum. 312-315, 331-340 (April, 2011). 

Z. Wei, Y. Zhao, S. L. Ruan, P. Gao, and T. X. Yu. A study of the tribological behavior of carbon-nanotube-reinforced ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene composites. Surface and Interface Analysis 38, 883-886 (2006). 

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