Morphology and electrical properties of graphene-epoxy nanocomposites obtained by different solvent assisted processing methods

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 166-172

  Monti, M ^a,b   Rallini, M ^a   Puglia, D ^a   Peponi, L ^c   Torre, L ^a   Kenny, J M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b ECNP European Centre for Nanostructured Polymers   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

A. Nanostructures; B. Electrical properties; D. Thermal analysis; E. Thermosetting resin

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED PROCESSING; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DIELECTRIC CHARACTERIZATION; DIFFERENT SOLVENTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVE PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION THRESHOLD; EPOXY MATRICES; EPOXY MONOMERS; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; NANO-PLATELETS; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE;

DISPERSIONS; EVAPORATION; GRAPHENE; MONOMERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLVENTS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOSETS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84872320210     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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