A simulation study on the combined effects of nanotube shape and shear flow on the electrical percolation thresholds of carbon nanotube/polymer composites

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Eken, A E ^a   Tozzi, E J ^b   Klingenberg, D J ^c   Bauhofer, W ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINED EFFECT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION THRESHOLD; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FIBER-LEVEL SIMULATIONS; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; RESISTOR NETWORK; SHEAR RATES; SIMULATION STUDIES; STATIC SYSTEMS;

AGGLOMERATION; ASPECT RATIO; CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); SHEAR DEFORMATION; SOLVENTS;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 79955718468     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3573668     Document Type: Article

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