Structure and conductivity of multi-walled carbon nanotube/poly(3-hexylthiophene) composite films

Polymer

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1667-1678

  Musumeci, Anthony W ^a   Silva, Glaura G ^b   Liu, Jiang Wen ^a   Martens, Wayde N ^a   Waclawik, Eric R ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Regioregular poly(3 hexylthiophene)

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PLASTIC FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; REGIOREGULAR POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SEMICONDUCTING POLYMER;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON; DISPERSION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FILM; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOTUBE; WETTING;

EID: 33847377508     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2007.01.027     Document Type: Article

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