Toward the preparation of nanocomposites with oriented fillers: Electric field-manipulation of cellulose whiskers in silicone oil

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Kalidindi, Sanjay ^a   Ounaies, Zoubeida ^a   Kaddami, Hamid ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC ELECTRIC FIELD; ALIGNED SAMPLES; CELLULOSE WHISKERS; CHAIN FORMATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DIELECTROPHORESIS; DRIVING FORCES; EFFECTIVE PROPERTY; ELECTRIC FIELD MAGNITUDE; ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMAL ALIGNMENTS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; SILICONE OIL;

ALIGNMENT; CELLULOSE; CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PERMITTIVITY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SILICONES;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 78149255634     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/19/9/094002     Document Type: Article

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