Effect of the selective localization of carbon nanotubes in polystyrene/poly(vinylidene fluoride) blends on their dielectric, thermal, and mechanical properties

Materials and Design

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 807-815

  Zhao, Xiaodong ^a   Zhao, Jun ^a   Cao, Jian Ping ^a   Wang, Dongrui ^a   Hu, Guo Hua ^b   Chen, Fenghua ^c   Dang, Zhi Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanomaterials; Dielectric constant; Polymer blends

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FILLERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MIXING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PERMITTIVITY; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYSTYRENES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CARBON NANO-MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINITIES; DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SELECTIVE LOCALIZATIONS; SEM OBSERVATION; THREE COMPONENT; VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84890853035     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.11.073     Document Type: Article

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