Dramatic effect of multiwalled carbon nanotubes on the electrical properties of alumina based ceramic nanocomposites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 1016-1021

  Ahmad, Kaleem ^a   Pan, Wei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nanocomposites; B. Electrical properties; B. Transport properties

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON NANOTUBES; A. NANOCOMPOSITES; AC CONDUCTIONS; ALUMINA COMPOSITES; ALUMINA MATRIXES; B. ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; B. TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; CERAMIC NANOCOMPOSITES; DC CONDUCTIVITIES; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCES; INSULATING BARRIERS; MASTER CURVES; MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; SPARK PLASMAS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES; TEMPERATURE RANGES; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS; VARIABLE RANGE HOPPING;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; SINTERED ALUMINA; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

COMPOSITE; CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; NANOTUBE; SINTERING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 64849102906     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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