On the determination of elastic properties of composites of polycarbonate and multi-wall carbon nanotubes in the melt

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 503-518

  Handge, Ulrich Alexander ^a   Zeiler, Rico ^a,b   Dijkstra, Dirk J ^b   Meyer, Helmut ^b   Altstädt, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b Formerly Baver Material Science AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Elasticity; Electrical conductivity; Fractional calculus

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255123312     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-011-0558-x     Document Type: Article

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