The development of a conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) network in CNT/polypropylene composite films during biaxial stretching

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1448-1453

  Shen, Jiabin ^a   Champagne, Michel F ^b   Yang, Zhi ^a   Yu, Qin ^a   Gendron, Richard ^b   Guo, Shaoyun ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Electrical properties

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL STRETCHING; CONDUCTIVE CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POLYMERMATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); STRETCHING MODES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84862206821     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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