Effect of single-walled carbon nanotubes on thermal and electrical properties of silicon nitride processed using spark plasma sintering

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 391-400

  Corral, Erica L ^a   Wang, Hsin ^b   Garay, Javier ^c   Munir, Zuhair ^d   Barrera, Enrique V ^e  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; Electrical properties; High temperature materials; Single wall carbon nanotubes; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITES; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; HIGH-TEMPERATURE MATERIALS; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC SPARKS; NANOCOMPOSITES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 78649470144     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2010.10.020     Document Type: Article

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