Thermistor behaviour in a semiconducting polymer-nanoparticle composite film

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2072-2078

  Murugaraj, P ^a   Mainwaring, D ^a   Mora Huertas, N ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROELECTRONICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLASTIC FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CERAMIC THERMISTORS; LIGHT-WEIGHT ELECTRONICS; NEGATIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT OF RESISTANCE (NTC); SENSITIVITY PARAMETERS;

THERMISTORS;

EID: 33646761961     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/39/10/015     Document Type: Article

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