Quantitative methods for correlating dispersion and electrical conductivity in conductor-polymer nanostrand composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1939-1946

  Hansen, Nathan ^a,c   Adams, Daniel O ^a   Fullwood, David T ^b  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

^b Brigham Young University   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; TOPOLOGY;

DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; DISPERSION PROCESSING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS; IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD; NEAREST NEIGHBOR DISTANCE; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS);

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84865419731     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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