High electrical performance of carbon nanotubes/rubber composites with low percolation threshold prepared with a rotation-revolution mixing technique

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1098-1104

  Tsuchiya, Koji ^a   Sakai, Ayumu ^a   Nagaoka, Tomoya ^a   Uchida, Katsumi ^a   Furukawa, Takeo ^a   Yajima, Hirofumi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Functional composites; A. Nanocomposites; B. Electrical properties

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON NANOTUBES; A. NANOCOMPOSITES; AMPHIPHILIC MOLECULES; DISPERSING AGENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL SHEAR; MIXING METHOD; MIXING PROCESS; MIXING TECHNIQUES; PERCOLATION NETWORKS; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; PRE-TREATMENT; STRUCTURAL QUALITIES; STYRENE BUTADIENE RUBBER; ULTRA-SONICATION;

ASPECT RATIO; BUTADIENE; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); ROTATION; SOLVENTS; STYRENE;

MIXING;

EID: 79956132309     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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