Fabrication of in-plane aligned carbon nanotube-polymer composite thin films

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 217-222

  Pradhan, Basudev ^a   Kohlmeyer, Ryan R ^a   Chen, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; ALIGNMENT TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FOUR-ORDER; IN-PLANE; MANUFACTURE PROCESS; MATRIX POLYMERS; NANOTUBE ALIGNMENT; ORGANIC DEVICES; POLY-THIOPHENE; SUBMICROMETER THICKNESS;

ALIGNMENT; CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE FILMS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 70350025554     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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