A route for polymer nanocomposites with engineered electrical conductivity and percolation threshold

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1089-1103

  Kalaitzidou, Kyriaki ^a,b   Fukushima, Hiroyuki ^b   Drzal, Lawrence T ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon fibers; Exfoliated graphite; Percolation threshold; Processing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE; EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE NANOPLATELETS; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLYMER CRYSTALLINITY; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; PROCESSING CONDITION; VAPOR GROWN CARBON FIBER;

ALIGNMENT; ASPECT RATIO; CARBON FIBERS; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; FILLED POLYMERS; FILLERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; PROCESSING; VAPORS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 80052222653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3021089     Document Type: Article

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