Resistive-conductive transitions in the time-dependent piezoresponse of PVDF-MWCNT nanocomposites

Polymer Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 567-574

  Vidhate, Shailesh ^a   Chung, Jaycee ^b   Vaidyanathan, Vijay ^a   D'Souza, Nandika Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b Global Contour Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

MWCNT; nanocomposites; self sensing; structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

BURGERS MODEL; CONTACT AREAS; DISPERSION ANALYSIS; EQUIVALENT MODEL; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LONG TERM CREEP; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MATRIX; MELT BLENDING; NEGATIVE PRESSURE COEFFICIENT; PIEZORESISTANCE; PIEZORESPONSE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; POSITIVE PRESSURE COEFFICIENT; QUASI-STATIC; RAMAN MAPPING; RESISITIVITY; SELF-SENSING; STRAIN DEPENDENCE; TIME DEPENDENCE; TIME-DEPENDENT;

BLENDING; CARBON NANOTUBES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 77954342169     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2010.44     Document Type: Article

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