Electrical conductivity behaviour of chemical functionalized MWCNTs epoxy nanocomposites

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-21

  Sulong, Abu Bakar ^a   Muhamad, Nurhamidi ^a   Sahari, Jaafar ^a   Ramli, Rizauddin ^a   Deros, Baba Md ^a   Park, Joohyuk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Sejong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemical functionalizations; Conductive polymer composite; Nano material filler

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249124061     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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