A numerical investigation on piezoresistive behaviour of carbon nanotube/polymer composites: Mechanism and optimizing principle

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 26, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Zhifeng ^a   Ye, Xiongying ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CARBON NANOTUBE/POLYMER COMPOSITES; FILLED POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; JUNCTION RESISTANCES; NETWORK CONDUCTANCE; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PIEZORESISTIVE MATERIALS; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION;

OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84878687127     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/26/265704     Document Type: Article

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