Understanding the observation of large electrical conductivity in liquid crystal-carbon nanotube composites

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Jayalakshmi, V ^a   Prasad, S Krishna ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR NANO AND SOFT MATTER SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON-NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWNS; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; LOCAL HEATING; NEMATIC-ISOTROPIC TRANSITION;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEATING; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 65949109919     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3133352     Document Type: Article

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