Modeling of electrical conductivity of nickel nanostrand filled polymer matrix composites

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 494-504

  Li, K ^a,c   Gao, X L ^a   Fielding, J C ^b   Tolle, T Benson ^b  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective medium; Electrical conductivity; Nickel nanostrands; Percolation; Polymer nanocomposites; Resistor network theory; Voronoi tessellation

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE MEDIUM; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; NICKEL NANOSTRANDS; PERCOLATION; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES; RESISTOR NETWORK THEORY; VORONOI TESSELLATION;

CIRCUIT THEORY; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; POLYMERS; RESISTORS; SOLVENTS; TITRATION;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 66249098505     PISSN: 15461955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2009.1060     Document Type: Article

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