Length-dependent electrical and thermal properties of carbon nanotube-loaded epoxy nanocomposites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 42-47

  Russ, Michael ^a   Rahatekar, Sameer S ^a   Koziol, Krzysztof ^b   Farmer, Benjamin ^c   Peng, Hua Xin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Electrical properties; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSTATIC DISSIPATION; EMI SHIELDING; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCOMPOSITE SAMPLES; THERMAL CHARACTERISATION;

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84876975425     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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