Variation in carbon nanotube polymer composite conductivity from the effects of processing, dispersion, aging and sample size

Materials Express

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 315-328

  Huang, Yan Y ^a   Marshall, Jean E ^a   Gonzalez Lopez, Carlos ^a   Terentjev, Eugene M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Cluster; Conductivity; Microstructure; Sonication fragmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875692285     PISSN: 21585849     EISSN: 21585857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/mex.2011.1033     Document Type: Article

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