Characterization of electrosynthesized conjugated polymer-carbon nanotube composite: Optical nonlinearity and electrical property

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 918-928

  Bahrami, Afarin ^a,b   Talib, Zainal Abidin ^a   Shahriari, Esmaeil ^a   Yunus, Wan Mahmood Mat ^a   Kasim, Anuar ^a   Behzad, Kasra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Conducting polymers; Electrical characterization; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; DODECYLBENZENESULFONATE SODIUM; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER; POLYPYRROLE; BENZENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DODECYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICS; POLYMERIZATION; REFRACTION INDEX; CHEMISTRY; PRESSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BENZENESULFONATES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POLYMERS; PRESSURE; PYRROLES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84856279832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms13010918     Document Type: Article

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