Mechanical and thermal behavior of ionic polymer-metal composites: Effects of electroded metals

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1090-1097

  Park, Il Seok ^a   Kim, Sang Mun ^a   Kim, Kwang J ^a  

^a Reno   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; IONIC LIQUIDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

ELECTRODED METALS; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES; SEMICRYSTALLINE POLYMER CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL BEHAVIOR;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 34547406737     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/16/4/018     Document Type: Article

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