Dimensional dependence of photomechanical response in carbon nanostructure composites: A case for carbon-based mixed-dimensional systems

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Loomis, James ^a   Panchapakesan, Balaji ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATE CARBONS; CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; CARBON-BASED; ENERGY TRANSDUCTION; HIGHLY ORDERED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITES; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; MECHANICAL COUPLING; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MIXING TECHNIQUES; NANO-COMPOSITE STRUCTURE; NANO-PLATELETS; NEAR INFRARED LIGHT; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE RESPONSE; PHOTOMECHANICAL EFFECTS; POLYMER COMPOSITE; PRE-STRAIN; RELAXATION KINETICS; SENSOR AND ACTUATORS; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SINGLE LAYER; STRESS CHANGES; STRESS RESPONSE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; GRAPHENE; INFRARED DEVICES; LOADING; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; SILICONES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84860663780     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/21/215501     Document Type: Article

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