Development of electrical conductivity with minimum possible percolation threshold in multi-wall carbon nanotube/polystyrene composites

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4571-4579

  Shrivastava, Nilesh K ^a   Khatua, B B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK POLYMERIZATION; CONDUCTING COMPOSITES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; IN-SITU; MATRIX; NETWORK STRUCTURES; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLYSTYRENE BEADS; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STYRENE MONOMER;

DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; SOLVENTS; STYRENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 79961020793     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.06.070     Document Type: Article

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