Review on the effects of injection moulding parameters on the electrical resistivity of carbon nanotube filled polymer parts

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1741-1752

  Tiusanen, Jyri ^a   Vlasveld, Daniel ^a   Vuorinen, Jyrki ^b  

^a Promolding BV   (Netherlands)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nano composites; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Electrical properties; E. Injection moulding

Indexed keywords

E.INJECTION MOULDING; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; MELT-COMPOUNDING; MOULDING PARAMETERS; NETWORK STRUCTURES; PERCOLATED NETWORK; POLYMERMATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); PROCESS HISTORY; PROCESS PARAMETERS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FILLED POLYMERS; INJECTION MOLDING;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84865593348     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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