Fabrication of electrically conductive graphene/polystyrene composites via a combination of latex and layer-by-layer assembly approaches

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 611-619

  Fan, Wei ^a   Zhang, Chao ^a   Tjiu, Weng Weei ^b   Liu, Tianxi ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE NETWORKS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLIES; LBL SELF ASSEMBLIES; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; REINFORCING FILLERS; THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES;

COMPOSITE FILMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHENE; HOT PRESSING; LATEXES; MICROSPHERES; POLYSTYRENES;

DEPOSITION;

EID: 84877968406     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.437     Document Type: Article

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