An analytical model of effective electrical conductivity of carbon nanotube composites

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Deng, Fei ^a   Zheng, Quan Shui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON NANOTUBES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; CONDUCTIVITY ANISOTROPY;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 39749166552     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2857468     Document Type: Article

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