Synthesis, microstructure and electrical conductivity of carbon nanotube-alumina nanocomposites

Ceramics International

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1775-1781

  Kumari, L ^a   Zhang, T ^a   Du, G H ^a   Li, W Z ^a   Wang, Q W ^b   Datye, A ^c   Wu, K H ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Agiltron   (United States)

^c The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Sintering; B. Nanocomposites; C. Electrical conductivity; Carbon nanotubes; Chemical vapor deposition

Indexed keywords

A. SINTERING; AS-GROWN; B. NANOCOMPOSITES; C. ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; CONDUCTIVITY OF SEMICONDUCTORS; DIRECT GROWTHS; IN-SITU SYNTHESIS; MATRIX GRAINS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMPLEXATION; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASMA DEPOSITION; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SINTERED ALUMINA; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VAPORS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 67349173573     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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