Ultralow electrical percolation threshold in poly(styrene- co -acrylonitrile)/carbon nanotube nanocomposites

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2858-2868

  Shrivastava, Nilesh Kumar ^a   Suin, Supratim ^a   Maiti, Sandip ^a   Khatua, Bhanu Bhusan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SOLVENTS; STYRENE;

ACRYLONITRILE MONOMERS; EFFECTIVE CONCENTRATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION THRESHOLD; NETWORK STRUCTURES; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLY(STYRENE-CO-ACRYLONITRILE); SITU COPOLYMERIZATION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84874613665     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie3026295     Document Type: Article

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