Functionalization effects on the electrical properties of Multi-walled carbon nanotube-polyacrylamide composites

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 5455-5460

  Awasthi, Seema ^a   Awasthi, Kalpana ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Srivastava, O N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Functionalization; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Percolation threshold

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRONIC BEHAVIORS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FUNCTIONALIZATION; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; MODEL-BASED; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERCOLATION THRESHOLD; POLYACRY LAMIDE; POWER LAW; SEM; SOLUTION CAST; TEM;

BALL MILLING; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL SENSORS; COMPOSITE FILMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; LOADING; MILLING (MACHINING); MILLING MACHINES; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLVENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 70350291465     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2009.1160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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