A surfactant dispersed SWCNT-polystyrene composite characterized for electrical and mechanical properties

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 842-849

  Ayewah, Daniel O O ^a   Davis, Daniel C ^a   Krishnamoorti, Ramanan ^b   Lagoudas, Dimitris C ^a   Sue, Hung Jue ^a   Willson, Maximilian ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Polystyrene; B. Crazing; B. Electrical conductivity; B. Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON NANOTUBES; A. POLYSTYRENE; B. ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CRAZING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANISMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYSTYRENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLVENTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 77951255796     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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