Conductivity enhancement of carbon nanotube and nanofiber-based polymer nanocomposites by melt annealing

Polymer

Volumn 49, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 4846-4851

  Cipriano, Bani H ^a   Kota, Arun K ^a   Gershon, Alan L ^a   Laskowski, Conrad J ^a   Kashiwagi, Takashi ^b   Bruck, Hugh A ^a   Raghavan, Srinivasa R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Melt annealing; Nanocomposite; Polystyrene

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; GLASS TRANSITION; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYSTYRENES; YARN;

CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT; DYNAMIC RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; INTERCONNECTED NETWORK; MELT ANNEALING; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMERIC MELTS; RE-ARRANGEMENT; VISCOELASTIC RELAXATION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

ANNEALING; CARBON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOFIBER; NANOTUBE; POLYMER MELT;

EID: 53249107114     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2008.08.057     Document Type: Article

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