The strain sensing and thermal-mechanical behavior of flexible multi-walled carbon nanotube/polystyrene composite films

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3928-3936

  Srivastava, Rajesh Kumar ^a,c   Vemuru, Venkata Srivishnu M ^b   Zeng, You ^c,d   Vajtai, Robert ^c   Nagarajaiah, Satish ^b,c   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^c   Srivastava, Anchal ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SHENYANG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRAIN; ELECTROMECHANICAL RESPONSE; HIGH STRAINS; LOSS MODULI; MECHANICAL ANALYZERS; STRAIN SENSING; THERMAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL-MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; WELL-DISPERSED;

CARBON FILMS; GLASS TRANSITION; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); STRAIN;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 79959990486     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.05.031     Document Type: Article

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