Low percolation threshold of functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes-polycarbonate nanocomposites

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1113-1123

  Ayesh, Ayman S ^a   Ibrahim, S S ^a,b   Abu Abdeen, M ^a,b  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

electrical; mechanical; nanocomposites; percolation; polycarbonate; Single walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

AC CONDUCTIVITY; CALCULATED VALUES; CONDUCTIVITY RELAXATION; DIELECTRIC PARAMETERS; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION BEHAVIOR; ELECTRICAL; ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FREQUENCY RANGES; FUNCTIONALIZED; MECHANICAL; MOLECULAR RELAXATION; PERCOLATION BEHAVIOR; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLYCARBONATE FILMS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; UV-OZONE;

DIELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; OZONE; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); POLYCARBONATES; SOLVENTS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84865498200     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684412453777     Document Type: Article

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