Dynamic percolation in highly oriented conductive networks formed with different carbon nanofillers

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 290, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1393-1401

  Zhang, Shuangmei ^a   Lin, Lin ^a   Deng, Hua ^a   Gao, Xiang ^a   Bilotti, Emiliano ^b   Peij, Ton ^b,c   Zhang, Qin ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes and carbon black; Conductive polymer composite; Dynamic percolation; Thermal annealing

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; CONDUCTIVE NETWORKS; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITES; DYNAMIC PERCOLATION; ENTANGLED NETWORKS; MIXED FILLERS; NANO-FILLERS; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARBON BLACK; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SOLVENTS;

FILLERS;

BLACK CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC PERCOLATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW KINETICS; MATERIAL STATE; MELTING POINT; NANOANALYSIS; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID STATE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867273578     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-012-2661-7     Document Type: Article

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