Effects of functionalization on thermal properties of single-wall and multi-wall carbon nanotube-polymer nanocomposites

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 5114-5121

  Gulotty, Richard ^a   Castellino, Micaela ^b   Jagdale, Pravin ^b   Tagliaferro, Alberto ^b   Balandin, Alexander A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

acid functionalization; carbon nanotube composites; thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PHONON TRANSPORTS; CARBON-NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; DISPERSION PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FILLERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; SURFACE DEFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CARBON NANOTUBE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84879646371     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn400726g     Document Type: Article

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