Electrical surface resistivity of conductive polymers - A non-Gaussian approach for determination of confidence intervals

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3908-3914

  de Souza Jr , Fernando Gomes ^a   Soares, Bluma Guenther ^a   Pinto, José Carlos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Confidence interval; Polyaniline; Probability distribution; Surface conductivity

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POLYANILINE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DODECYLBENZENE SULFONIC ACID; MULTIMODAL DISTRIBUTIONS; NON-GAUSSIAN TECHNIQUES; NORMAL PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REAL TIME DATA ACQUISITION; SURFACE CONDUCTIVITY; SURFACE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 55349147289     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.07.022     Document Type: Article

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