Electrical properties of binary PVDF/clay and ternary graphite-doped PVDF/clay nanocomposites

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 732-738

  Li, Yuchao ^a   Tjong, Sie Chin ^b  

^a LIAOCHENG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Clay; Dielectric response; Graphite; Hybrid; Nanocomposite; Polyvinylidene fluoride

Indexed keywords

AC IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; BETA-PHASE; BROAD BANDS; CLAY PLATELETS; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; DIELECTRIC RESPONSE; GRAPHITE NANO-SHEETS; HYBRID; HYBRID COMPOSITES; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; SOLUTION MIXING PROCESS; TANGENT LOSS;

CLAY; GRAPHITE; NANOCOMPOSITES; PERMITTIVITY;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

GRAPHITE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CLAY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; IMPEDANCE; NANOFABRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84867756993     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: 18756786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341312802884517     Document Type: Article

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