Electrical-thermal switching in carbon-black-polymer composites as a local effect

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 23, 2003, Pages

  Azulay, D ^a   Eylon, M ^a   Eshkenazi, O ^a   Toker, D ^a   Balberg, M ^a   Shimori, N ^a   Millo, O ^a   Balberg, I ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON BLACK; CHEMICAL BONDS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ORGANIC POLYMERS;

CARBON BLACK POLYMER COMPOSITES; CRITICAL INTERPARTICLE TUNNELING JUNCTIONS; ELECTRICAL-THERMAL SWITCHING; JOULE HEATING;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0042812454     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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