Characterizing the viscoelastic properties of layer-by-layer carbon nanotube-polyelectrolyte thin films

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Zhao, Yingjun ^a   Loyola, Bryan R ^a   Loh, Kenneth J ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP RESPONSE; LAYER-BY-LAYERS; MULTIFUNCTIONAL THIN-FILMS; STRESS RELAXATION TESTS; STRESS-STRAIN; THIN FILM STRESS; TIME-DEPENDENT; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES; VISCOELASTIC STRESS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CREEP; CREEP TESTING; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRAIN; STRESS RELAXATION; THIN FILMS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

CARBON FILMS;

EID: 79960589951     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/20/7/075020     Document Type: Article

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