Experimental study on the contribution of the quantum tunneling effect to the improvement of the conductivity and piezoresistivity of a nickel powder-filled cement-based composite

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Han, B G ^a   Han, B Z ^b   Yu, X ^c  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HARBIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEMENT MATRIX; CEMENT-BASED; CONDUCTIVE NETWORKS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EMBEDDED LOOP ELECTRODES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FRACTIONAL CHANGE IN ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; NICKEL POWDERS; PIEZORESISTIVITY; QUANTUM TUNNELING EFFECTS; SEM; TUNNELING DISTANCE; VOLTAGE-CURRENT CHARACTERISTICS;

CEMENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON TUNNELING; NICKEL ALLOYS; NICKEL POWDER METALLURGY; POWDERS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); WIND TUNNELS;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 68549136878     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/18/6/065007     Document Type: Article

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