A technique for spatially-resolved contact resistance-free electrical conductivity measurements of aligned-carbon nanotube/polymer nanocomposites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 205-210

  Mitchell, Robert R ^a   Yamamoto, Namiko ^a,b   Cebeci, Hülya ^a,c   Wardle, Brian L ^a   Thompson, Carl V ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nanocomposites; A. Polymers; B. Electrical properties

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED CNTS; CONCENTRIC SHELLS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; INHOMOGENEITIES; INTERCONNECTIVITY; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MULTI-WALLED CNT; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITES; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE PREPARATION PROCESS; SYSTEMATIC PROCESS;

CONTACT RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); POLYMERS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84871591343     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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