Shortened carbon nanotubes and their influence on the electrical properties of polymer nanocomposites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1313-1322

  Inam, Fawad ^a   Reece, Michael J ^b   Peijs, Ton ^b,c  

^a GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; electrical conductivity; percolation threshold; polymer nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; STRUCTURAL DEFECT;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; EPOXY RESINS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

EID: 84861814906     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998311418139     Document Type: Article

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