Transparent, flexible, and highly conductive thin films based on Polymer-nanotube composites

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 714-720

  De, Sukanta ^a,b   Lyons, Philip E ^a,b   Sorel, Sophie ^a,b   Doherty, Evelyn M ^a,b   King, Paul J ^a,b   Blau, Werner J ^a,b   Nirmalraj, Peter N ^a,b   Boland, John J ^a,b   Scardaci, Vittorio ^a,b   Joimel, Jerome ^a,b   Coleman, Jonathan N ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Liffey Park Technology Campus   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Conducting polymer; Flexible film; Nanocomposite; Nanotube; Transparent film

Indexed keywords

ARC DISCHARGES; CONDUCTIVITY RATIOS; DC CONDUCTIVITIES; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; FILLED COMPOSITES; FLEXIBLE FILM; HIGH LOADINGS; MASS FRACTIONS; OPTICAL UNIFORMITIES; POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLYMER-NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; RESISTANCE CHANGES; SINGLE-WALLED NANOTUBES; THICK COMPOSITES; THIN COMPOSITE FILMS; TRANSPARENT FILM;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CAVITY RESONATORS; COMPOSITE FILMS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 65249180626     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800858w     Document Type: Article

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