Electrical properties of single-wall carbon nanotube-polymer composite films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Kymakis, Emmanuel ^a   Amaratunga, Gehan A J ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; POLYMER BLENDS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

NANOTUBE CONCENTRATION; PERCOLATION PATH THEORY; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBE-POLYMER COMPOSITE FILMS; TUNNELING MODEL;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33646731758     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2189931     Document Type: Article

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