Statistical continuum theory for the effective conductivity of carbon nanotubes filled polymer composites

Thermochimica Acta

Volumn 520, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 33-37

  Baniassadi, M ^a,b   Laachachi, A ^a   Makradi, A ^a   Belouettar, S ^a   Ruch, D ^a   Muller, R ^c   Garmestani, H ^d   Toniazzo, V ^a   Ahzi, S ^b  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective thermal conductivity; Polymer nanocomposites; Probability functions; Statistical continuum theory

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE CONDUCTIVITY; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FILLER CONTENTS; NANOCOMPOSITE SAMPLES; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES; PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS; STATISTICAL CONTINUUM; TWO-POINT;

AGGLOMERATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ESTERS; EXPERIMENTS; FILLED POLYMERS; FILLERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TITRATION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 79957506588     PISSN: 00406031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tca.2011.02.037     Document Type: Article

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