Conductivity of microfibrillar polymer-polymer composites with CNT-loaded microfibrils or compatibilizer: A comparative study

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 607-620

  Panamoottil, S M ^a   Potschke P ^b   Lin, R J T ^a   Bhattacharyya, D ^a   Fakirov, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Compatibilizer; Electroconductivity; Polymer composites; Polymer polymer composites

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITES; ELECTROCONDUCTIVITY; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE-GRAFTED POLYPROPYLENES; POLY(BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) (PET); POLYMER COMPOSITE; POLYMER-POLYMER COMPOSITES; WIDE-RANGING APPLICATIONS;

BLENDING; BUTENES; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPATIBILIZERS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FILLERS; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PELLETIZING; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TESTING;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 84877285383     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2013.58     Document Type: Article

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