An equivalent circuit model for ionic polymer-metal composites and their performance improvement by a clay-based polymer nano-composite technique

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 633-642

  Paquette, Jason W ^a   Kim, Kwang J ^a   Nam, Jae Do ^b   Tak, Yong S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ionic polymer metal composites; Nano composite

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RESISTORS;

CLAY BASED POLYMERS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL; IONIC MIGRATION; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITE; NANOCOMPOSITE TECHNIQUES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0142059855     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104538903038024     Document Type: Article

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