Phase separation as a tool to control dispersion of multiwall carbon nanotubes in polymeric blends

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 800-807

  Bose, Suryasarathi ^a   Özdilek, Ceren ^a   Leys, Jan ^a   Seo, Jin Won ^a   Wübbenhorst, Michael ^a   Vermant, Jan ^a   Moldenaers, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coalescence suppression; Electrical conductivity; Morphology; Multiwall carbon nanotubes; Percolation; Phase separation

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING FILLERS; CONDUCTING MATERIALS; CONDUCTIVITY SPECTROSCOPY; CONTROLLED MORPHOLOGY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW INDUCED; FUNCTIONALIZED; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; INSULATING PROPERTIES; MELT RHEOLOGY; MELT STATE; MICROSCOPIC IMAGE; MICROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; PERCOLATION; POLYMERIC BLENDS; POLYMERIC MATERIAL; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; STABLE PHASE; THERMALLY INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION; THERMODYNAMIC FORCES; TIME-SCALES; WELL-DISPERSED;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COALESCENCE; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESTERS; FILLED POLYMERS; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PHASE MODULATION; POLYMER BLENDS; SOLVENTS; STYRENE;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 77955549225     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am9008067     Document Type: Article

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