Effect of the carbon nanotube surface characteristics on the conductivity and dielectric constant of carbon nanotube/poly(vinylidene fluoride) composites

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Carabineiro, Sónia A C ^a   Pereira, Manuel F R ^a   Pereira, João N ^b   Caparros, Cristina ^b   Sencadas, Vitor ^b   Lanceros Mendez, Senentxu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; NANOTUBES; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION; ADSORPTION; CARBON;

DIELECTRIC RESPONSE; FILLER FRACTION; FUNCTIONALIZED; NANOTUBE SURFACE; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POINT OF ZERO CHARGE; SELECTIVE REMOVAL; VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; SURFACE GROUPS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84255183728     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-302     Document Type: Article

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