Electrical transport measurements of highly conductive nitrogen-doped multiwalled carbon nanotubes/poly(bisphenol A carbonate) composites

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2854-2859

  Talla, Jamal A ^a   Zhang, Donghui ^b   Curran, Seamus A ^c  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite; Electrical properties; Nanostructure

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT CONDUCTIVITY; BISPHENOL A; COMPOSITE; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; NITROGEN-DOPED; PERCOLATION THEORY; POLY(BISPHENOL A CARBONATE); SATURATED CONDUCTIVITY; SOLUTION BLENDING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS; WELL-DISPERSED;

BLENDING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHENOLS; SOLVENTS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 82055169124     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.355     Document Type: Article

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