Electrical transport measurements of highly conductive carbon nanotube/poly(bisphenol A carbonate) composite

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Curran, Seamus A ^a   Talla, Jamal ^a   Dias, Sampath ^a   Zhang, Donghui ^b   Carroll, David ^c   Birx, Donald ^d  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC CONDUCTIVITIES; BISPHENOL-A; CONDUCTIVE CARBONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS; MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; NANOTUBE WEIGHT FRACTIONS; PERCOLATION THEORIES; POLY(BISPHENOL A CARBONATE); PRISTINE NANOTUBES; SATURATED CONDUCTIVITIES; SCALING LAW; SOLUTION BLENDING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS; WELL-DISPERSED;

ACIDS; BLENDING; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PHENOLS; SOLVENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 65249100085     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3073938     Document Type: Article

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