Structure property relationships in polyethylene/montmorillonite nanodielectrics

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 134-143

  Green, C D ^a   Vaughan, A S ^a   Mitchell, G R ^b   Liu, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calorimetry; Dielectric breakdown; Dielectric losses; Electron microscopy; Nanodielectrics; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CLAY MINERALS; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BASAL PEAK; NANODIELECTRICS; QUATERNARY AMINE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 38949091040     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-DEI.2008.4446744     Document Type: Article

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