Directional electromechanical properties of PEDOT/PSS films containing aligned electrospun nanofibers

Polymer Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 849-854

  Zhou, Jian ^a   Fukawa, Tadashi ^a   Kimura, Mutsumi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

anisotropic actuation; conductive polymer; electrospinning; mechanical properties; wetting

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT DEGREE; ANISOTROPIC ACTUATION; ANISOTROPIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; EMBEDDED NANOFIBERS; MATRIX; METHYL METHACRYLATES; PEDOT/PSS; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLY(VINYL PYRROLIDONE);

ANISOTROPY; BONE CEMENT; ELECTROSPINNING; ESTERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOFIBERS; STYRENE; WETTING;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 80053634073     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2011.62     Document Type: Article

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