The development of conductive carbon nanotube network in polypropylene-based composites during simultaneous biaxial stretching

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 930-939

  Shen, Jiabin ^a   Champagne, Michel F ^b   Gendron, Richard ^b   Guo, Shaoyun ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biaxial stretching; Carbon nanotube; Electrical properties; Polymer matrix composites

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS ZONES; BIAXIAL STRETCHING; CONDUCTIVE CARBON NANOTUBES; CONDUCTIVE NETWORKS; DRAW RATIO; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; RATIO DEPENDENCE; SHARP INCREASE; SIMULTANEOUS-BIAXIAL STRETCHING; STRETCHING PROCESS; TURNING POINTS;

AGGREGATES; CARBON NANOTUBES; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84859910501     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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