Conductive polymer composites obtained from recycled poly(carbonate) and rubber blends for heating and sensing applications

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 17, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 727-731

  Zribi, K ^a,b   Feller, Jean Francois ^a   Elleuch, K ^b   Bourmaud, A ^a   Elleuch, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Conducting polymers; Polycarbonates; Positive temperature coefficient (PTC) effect; Recycling; Rubber

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; PLASTICS FILLERS; POLYCARBONATES; POLYMER BLENDS; POSITIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; RUBBER;

CRUSHED RUBBER; JOULE EFFECT; SELF-REGULATED HEATING;

CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS;

BLENDING; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; PLASTICS FILLERS; POLYCARBONATES; POLYMER BLENDS; POSITIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; RUBBER;

CONDUCTIVITY; HEATING; POLYCARBONATE; POLYMER; RECYCLING; SENSOR; SYNTHETIC RUBBER;

EID: 33845372150     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.776     Document Type: Article

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