Melt mixing as method to disperse carbon nanotubes into thermoplastic polymers

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 211-224

  Pötschke, Petra ^a   Bhattacharyya, Arup R ^a   Janke, Andreas ^a   Pegel, Sven ^a   Leonhardt, Albrecht ^b   Täschner, Christine ^b   Ritschel, Manfred ^b   Roth, Siegmar ^c   Hornbostel, Björn ^c   Cech, Jiri ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Composites; Dispersion; Electrical conductivity; Melt mixing; Polycarbonate

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MELTING; POLYCARBONATES; POLYMERS; STRAIN; THERMOPLASTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC PERCOLATION; MELT MIXING; PERCOLATION CONCENTRATION; POLYMER MATRIX;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 20244364664     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/FST-200039267     Document Type: Conference Paper

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