Electromagnetic interference shielding behavior of poly(trimethylene terephthalate)/multi-walled carbon nanotube composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1563-1568

  Gupta, Anju ^a   Choudhary, Veena ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotube; A. Polymer; B. Electrical properties; Electromagnetic shielding interference

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON NANOTUBE; A. POLYMER; ABSORPTION LOSS; CARBON-NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE SHIELDING; FREQUENCY RANGES; KU-BAND; LIGHT WEIGHT; POLY (TRIMETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); REFLECTION LOSS; SHIELDING EFFECTIVENESS; SHIELDING MATERIALS;

ABSORPTION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); RADAR ABSORBING MATERIALS; SHIELDING; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING;

EID: 80051933538     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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