On the size and dielectric properties of the interphase in epoxy-alumina nanocomposite

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1665-1675

  Maity, Parimal ^a   Gupta, Nandini ^a   Parameswaran, V ^a   Basu, Sumit ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

degree of agglomeration; dielectric spectroscopy; Finite Element Method; interphase; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA NANOPARTICLE; DEGREE OF AGGLOMERATION; ELECTROSTATIC FIELD; EPOXY MATRICES; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT SOLUTION; INTERPHASE; INTERPHASE REGIONS; MATRIX; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; PARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; UNIT CELLS;

AGGLOMERATION; ASTATINE; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PERMITTIVITY; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TITRATION; VOLUME FRACTION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 78650009523     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2010.5658215     Document Type: Article

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