Formation of highly conductive composite coatings and their applications to broadband antennas and mechanical transducers

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1741-1747

  Liao, Kaiig Shyang ^a   Talla, Jamal A ^b   Yambem, Soniya D ^a   Birx, Donald ^c   Chen, Guo ^c   Coldren, Faith ^d   Carroll, David L ^d   Ci, Lijie ^e   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^e   Zhang, Donghui ^f   Cumin, Seamus A ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROAD-BAND ANTENNA; CARBON NANOTUBE BUNDLE; CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITES; DEVICE APPLICATION; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; GHZ FREQUENCIES; MACRO SCALE; MECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; STRAIN GAUGE; STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

CARBON NANOTUBES; GAGES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSDUCERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COMPOSITE COATINGS;

EID: 77958068418     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.0221     Document Type: Article

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