Preparation and characterization of conductive carbon nanotube-polystyrene nanocomposites using latex technology

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 2254-2259

  Wu, Tzong Ming ^a   Chen, Erh Chiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

A. Nanostructures; A. Polymers; B. Electrical properties; D. Transmission electron microscopy; Multi walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; LATEXES; METHANOL; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYSTYRENES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONDUCTIVE CARBON NANOTUBE; LATEX TECHNOLOGY; SODIUM DODECYLSULFATE;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; NANOTUBE; POLYMERIZATION; POLYSTYRENE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 44749092835     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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