Isotactic polypropylene/carbon nanotube composites prepared by latex technology: Electrical conductivity study

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1833-1843

  Grossiord, Nadia ^a,d   Wouters, Mariëlle E L ^b   Miltner, Hans E ^c   Lu, Kangbo ^a,d   Loos, Joachim ^a,d   Mele, Bruno Van ^c   Koning, Cor E ^a,c,d  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d DUTCH POLYMER INSTITUTE DPI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Isotactic polypropylene; Nanocomposite; Percolation threshold

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION THRESHOLD; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; INTRINSIC CONDUCTIVITY; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; ISOTACTICS; LOW VISCOSITY; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; NUCLEATING EFFECT; PERCOLATING NETWORKS; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLYMER LATICES; SEMICRYSTALLINES; SINGLE-WALL; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; LATEXES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); POLYPROPYLENES; POLYSTYRENES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLVENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

EID: 77956185183     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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