The effect of the interface on the dc transport properties of nonlinear composite materials

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1480-1487

  Lipton, Robert ^a   Talbot, D R S ^b  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Environment and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRITICAL CURRENTS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PHASE INTERFACES; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

POISSON EQUATION;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS;

EID: 0032621307     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.370917     Document Type: Article

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