Investigations on the mechanical properties of conducting polymer coating-substrate structures and their influencing factors

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5257-5284

  Wang, Xi Shu ^a   Tang, Hua Ping ^b   Li, Xu Dong ^a   Hua, Xin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agglomerated macromolecular; Conducting polymer coating; Cracking behavior; Mechanical property; Microstructure feature

Indexed keywords

NANOCOATING; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER;

CONDUCTANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIAL COATING; NANOANALYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGGLOMERATED MACROMOLECULAR; CONDUCTING POLYMER COATING; CRACKING BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MICROSTRUCTURE FEATURE;

ELASTICITY; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 74349097256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms10125257     Document Type: Review

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