Rheological and electrical transitions in carbon nanotube/epoxy suspensions

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-162

  Allaoui, A ^a   El Bounia, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Impedance spectroscopy; Rheological properties; Suspensions; Transitions

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; EPOXY RESINS; NANOTUBES; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR THINNING; SPECTROSCOPY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VISCOSITY; YARN;

CNT NETWORKS; CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE; ELECTRICAL TRANSITION; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SHEAR RHEOLOGY; WEIGHT FRACTIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EPOXIDE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; IMPEDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77951113804     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341310790945669     Document Type: Article

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