Electrothermomechanical modeling and analyses of carbon nanotube polymer composites

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Xu, S ^a   Rezvanian, O ^a   Zikry, M A ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; electrical conductivity; percolation; tunneling resistance

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); POLYMERS; SOLVENTS;

CARBON NANOTUBE-POLYMER COMPOSITES; CNT-POLYMER COMPOSITES; CURRENT DENSITY EVOLUTION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PERCOLATION ANALYSIS; REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TUNNELING RESISTANCE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84888342251     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: 15288889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023912     Document Type: Article

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