Porosity and composition dependence on electrical and piezoresistive properties of thermoplastic polyurethane nanocomposites

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 28, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 2415-2425

  Rizvi, Reza ^a   Naguib, Hani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Composite; Foam; Piezoresponse

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION DEPENDENCE; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; MICROSTRUCTURE IMAGING; NANOCOMPOSITE MICROSTRUCTURE; PIEZORESISTIVE PROPERTIES; PIEZORESPONSE; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; EXTRUSION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYURETHANES; POROSITY; REINFORCED PLASTICS;

FOAMS;

EID: 84888379132     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2013.218     Document Type: Article

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