A new synthetic route to enhance polyaniline assembly on carbon nanotubes in tubular composites

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Philip, Biju ^a   Xie, Jining ^a   Abraham, Jose K ^a   Varadan, Vijay K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYMERS; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; HOLE MOBILITY; POLYMERIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

DELOCALIZATION; MOLECULAR PACKING; STRUCTURAL ORDERING; TUBULAR NANOCOMPOSITES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 10444261217     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/13/6/N02     Document Type: Article

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