Broad-band electrical conductivity of carbon nanofibre-reinforced polypropylene foams

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 708-717

  Antunes, Marcelo ^a   Mudarra, Miguel ^a   Velasco, José Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROAD BANDS; CARBON NANOFIBRES; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; CONDUCTIVE NETWORKS; CRYSTALLINITIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; IMPEDANCE ANALYZER; IN-PLANE; LIGHTWEIGHT COMPOSITES; MELT-COMPOUNDING; PHYSICAL FOAMING; POLYPROPYLENE FOAMS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; TUNNELING CONDUCTION; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS;

AGGLOMERATION; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; REINFORCED PLASTICS;

FOAMS;

EID: 78649940486     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.10.032     Document Type: Article

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