Spray deposited fluoropolymer/multi-walled carbon nanotube composite films with high dielectric permittivity at low percolation threshold

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 561-569

  Zhao, Xin ^a   Koos, Antal A ^a   Chu, Bryan T T ^a   Johnston, Colin ^a   Grobert, Nicole ^a   Grant, Patrick S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); PERMITTIVITY; PESTICIDES; PROGRAMMING THEORY; SOLVENTS;

AC CONDUCTIVITY; CHEMICAL VAPORS; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; HIGH PERFORMANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE (HT); INDUSTRIAL SCALE; NANO TUBE; PERCOLATION THEORY; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; SPRAY DEPOSITION;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 58549098030     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.10.042     Document Type: Article

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