The role of irreversible and reversible phenomena in the piezoresistive behavior of graphene epoxy nanocomposites applied to structural health monitoring

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-79

  Chiacchiarelli, Leonel M ^a   Rallini, Marco ^a   Monti, Marco ^a,b   Puglia, Debora ^a   Kenny, Jose M ^a,c   Torre, L ^a  

^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. Nano composites; A. Polymer matrix properties; B. Electrical Properties; C. Modelling

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX PROPERTIES; CONDUCTION PATHS; CONDUCTIVE COATINGS; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; PIEZO-RESISTIVE BEHAVIOR; PIEZORESISTIVITY; REACTIVE MIXTURES; TUNNELING CURRENT;

DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; SENSORS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84876319223     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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