Morphological characterization and modelling of electrical conductivity of multi-walled carbon nanotube/poly(p-phenylene sulfide) nanocomposites obtained by twin screw extrusion

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 499-505

  Noll, A ^a   Burkhart, T ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nano composites; B. Electrical properties; C. Modelling; D. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON NANOTUBES; B. ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; C. MODELLING; CHARGE CONTRAST IMAGING; D. SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM); DEAGGLOMERATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MASTERBATCH; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; MULTI-WALLED; NANO SCALE; P-PHENYLENE; PERCOLATION THEORY; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLY(P-PHENYLENE SULFIDE); QUANTITATIVE VALUES; SEM; THROUGH TRANSMISSION; TWIN SCREW EXTRUSION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; EXTRUSION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR MASS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCREWS; SOLVENTS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 79951517666     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.12.026     Document Type: Article

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