Electrical and piezoresistive properties of multi-walled carbon nanotube/polymer composite films aligned by an electric field

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2989-2997

  Oliva Aviles A I ^a   Aviles F ^b   Sosa, V ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING ELECTRIC FIELD; APPLIED FIELD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MULTI-WALLED; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORIENTED COMPOSITES; PIEZO-RESISTIVE; PIEZORESISTIVE PROPERTIES; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION; SOLUTION CASTING; STRAIN SENSING;

ALIGNMENT; CARBON FILMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 79955557810     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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