An innovative method to reduce percolation threshold of carbon black filled immiscible polymer blends

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 284-293

  Al Saleh, Mohammed H ^a   Sundararaj, Uttandaraman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

A. Polymer Matrix Composites (PMCs); B. Electrical Properties; B. Microstructures; Carbon Black

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CARBON BLACK; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; POLYBUTADIENES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYSTYRENES;

BLEND MORPHOLOGY; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITES; PERCOLATION THRESHOLD;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 38749134127     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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