Evaluation and identification of electrical and thermal conduction mechanisms in carbon nanotube/epoxy composites

Polymer

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2036-2045

  Gojny, Florian H ^a   Wichmann, Malte H G ^a   Fiedler, Bodo ^a   Kinloch, Ian A ^b   Bauhofer, Wolfgang ^a   Windle, Alan H ^b   Schulte, Karl ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Nanocomposite; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EPOXY RESINS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

FILLER CONTENT; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MODIFICATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON; COMPOSITE; NANOTUBE; POLYMER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 33644772468     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2006.01.029     Document Type: Article

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