Excellent dispersion of MWCNTs in PEO polymer achieved through a simple and potentially cost-effective evaporation casting

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 41, 2011, Pages

  Park, Myounggu ^a,d   Kim, Hyonny ^b   Youngblood, Jeffrey P ^c   Han, Sang Woo ^d   Verplogen, Eric ^e   John Hart, A ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Purdue University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE POLYMERS; CASTING METHOD; CASTING MOLD; COST EFFECTIVE; CRITICAL FACTORS; CRYSTALLINITIES; DILUTE MIXTURES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FABRICATION METHOD; FILM CASTING; MATERIAL LOSS; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; PREDICTION MODEL; THEORETICAL VALUES;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVAPORATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 80053277697     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/41/415703     Document Type: Article

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