Specific rheological and electrical features of carbon nanotube dispersions in an epoxy matrix

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 879-884

  Chapartegui, M ^a   Markaide, N ^a   Florez, S ^a   Elizetxea, C ^a   Fernandez, M ^b   Santamaria A ^b  

^a TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nanocomposites; B. Electrical properties; D. Rheology; Epoxy

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON NANOTUBES; B. ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; D. RHEOLOGY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; EPOXY MATRICES; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; PHYSICAL NETWORK; POLYMER CHAINS; PRE-POLYMER MATRIX; RAPID RECOVERY; RHEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SHEAR-THINNING BEHAVIOR; VISCOELASTIC EXPERIMENTS; VISCOPLASTIC;

DISPERSIONS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; SOLVENTS; VISCOSITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

DISPERSION; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; EPOXY RESIN; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOTUBE; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR PROPERTY; THINNING; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 77950525572     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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