Significantly reducing electrical resistivity by forming conductive Ni chains in a polyurethane shape-memory polymer/carbon-black composite

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Leng, J S ^a   Huang, W M ^b   Lan, X ^a   Liu, Y J ^a   Du, S Y ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; CHAIN LENGTH; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POLYURETHANES;

CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS; MICROPARTICLES; SHAPE-MEMORY POLYMER (SMP);

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 44349117897     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2931049     Document Type: Article

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