Direct imaging of current paths in multiwalled carbon nanofiber polymer nanocomposites using conducting-tip atomic force microscopy

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Trionfi, A ^a   Scrymgeour, D A ^a   Hsu, J W P ^a   Arlen, M J ^b   Tomlin, D ^b   Jacobs, J D ^b   Wang, D H ^b   Tan, L S ^b   Vaia, R A ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; CARBON; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ETCHING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; OXYGEN; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PLASMA ETCHING; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SKIN;

ADSORBED POLYMERS; ATOMIC FORCES; CARBON NANOFIBER POLYMERS; CONDUCTING PARTICLES; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; CURRENT PATHS; DIRECT IMAGING; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORTS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; MULTI WALLED; NONUNIFORM DISTRIBUTIONS; OHMIC BEHAVIORS; OXYGEN PLASMA ETCHINGS; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; SKIN LAYERS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 55249125715     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3000458     Document Type: Article

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