Nanocomposite photoactuators based on an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer filled with carbon nanotubes

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 186, Issue , 2013, Pages 701-710

  Czaniková, Klaudia ^a   Torras, Núria ^b,e   Esteve, Jaume ^b   Krupa, Igor ^a,c   Kasák, Peter ^a,c   Pavlova, Ewa ^d   Račko, Dušan ^a   Chodák, Ivan ^a   Omastová, Mária ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c Qatar University   (Qatar)

^d INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actuator; Carbon nanotubes; Dynamic mechanical analysis; Ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer; Nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION FACTOR; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; EVA NANOCOMPOSITES; INTENSITY OF LIGHT; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS); STRESS VARIATIONS;

ACTUATORS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COPOLYMERS; DISPERSIONS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONVERSION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84880894840     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2013.06.054     Document Type: Article

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