Improved mechanical strength and electrical conductivity of organogels containing carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 645-650

  Moniruzzaman, Mohammad ^a   Sahin, Asli ^a   Winey, Karen I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GELATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

ELECTRICAL (ELECTRONIC) PROPERTIES; HYDROXYSTEARIC ACID (HSA); MAGNITUDE ENHANCEMENT; MECHANICAL STRENGTHS; NANO-FILLERS; NANOTUBE COMPOSITES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 58549117285     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.10.046     Document Type: Article

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