Electrical resistivity and thermal properties of compatibilized multi-walled carbon nanotube/polypropylene composites

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 494-502

  Szentes, A ^a   Varga, Cs ^a   Horvath G ^a   Bartha, L ^a   Konya Z ^b   Haspel, H ^b   Szel J ^b   Kukovecz, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Electrical resistivity; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Polymer composites; Polypropylene; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION DESORPTION ISOTHERMS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMER COMPOSITES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (SEM); THERMAL ANALYZERS; THERMAL PERTURBATIONS;

COPOLYMERS; COUPLING AGENTS; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OLEFINS; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84859189026     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2012.52     Document Type: Article

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