Synergistic electrical and thermal transport properties of hybrid polymeric nanocomposites based on carbon nanotubes and graphite nanoplatelets

Carbon

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-121

  Safdari, Masoud ^a   Al Haik, Marwan S ^a  

^a Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE NANOPLATELETS; GRAPHITE NANOPLATELETS (GNPS); HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES; PARTICLE AGGLOMERATIONS; PERCOLATION ANALYSIS; POLYMERIC NANOCOMPOSITES; STATISTICAL CONTINUUM; THERMAL TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GRAPHITE; HYBRID MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 84883600501     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.07.042     Document Type: Article

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