Physical characterizations of semi-conducting conjugated polymer-CNTs nanocomposites

Journal of Polymer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Abu Abdeen, M ^a,b   Ayesh, Ayman S ^a   Al Jaafari, Abdullah A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ACCVD; CNTs; Dc conductivity; Optical; P3OT; Stress strain

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY GAP; NANOCOMPOSITES; SOLVENTS;

ACCVD; CNTS; DC CONDUCTIVITY; OPTICAL; P3OT; STRESS STRAIN;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84857480768     PISSN: 10229760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10965-012-9839-z     Document Type: Article

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