A review on the importance of nanocomposite processing to enhance electrical insulation

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 938-945

  Calebrese, Christopher ^a   Hui, Le ^a   Schadler, Linda S ^a   Nelson, J Keith ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

dielectric breakdown; Nanotechnology; nonhomogenous media; plastics

Indexed keywords

CAVITY FORMATION; DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWN STRENGTH; ELECTRICAL INSULATION; MATERIAL PERFORMANCE; NANODIELECTRICS; NANOPARTICLE ADDITION; NONHOMOGENOUS MEDIA; PARTICLE DISPERSION; POLYETHYLENE NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER STRUCTURE; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES; VOLTAGE ENDURANCE;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; NANOPARTICLES; POLYETHYLENES; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER CONTENT;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 80051763626     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2011.5976079     Document Type: Review

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