Analysis of clustering, interphase region, and orientation effects on the electrical conductivity of carbon nanotube-polymer nanocomposites via computational micromechanics

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 755-774

  Seidel, G D ^a   Puydupin Jamin, A S ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Computational micromechanics; Electrical conductivity; Multiscale modeling; Nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED NANOTUBES; COMBINED EFFECT; COMPUTATIONAL MICROMECHANICS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION; HOMOGENIZATION TECHNIQUES; INTERPHASE LAYERS; INTERPHASE REGIONS; INTERPHASE THICKNESS; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; MULTISCALE MODELS; NANOSCALE EFFECTS; NANOTUBE BUNDLES; ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTIONS; ORIENTATION EFFECT; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PERCOLATION CONCENTRATIONS; RELATIVE IMPACT; WELL-DISPERSED;

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; MICROMECHANICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; SOLVENTS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

EID: 80053911260     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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