Influence of noncovalent modification on dispersion state of multiwalled carbon nanotubes in melt-mixed immiscible polymer blends

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 11054-11067

  Poyekar, Amrita V ^a,b   Bhattacharyya, Arup R ^a   Panwar, Ajay S ^a   Simon, George P ^a,b   Sutar, D S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DC electrical conductivity; interphase; MWNTs; organic modifiers; phase morphology; polymer blends

Indexed keywords

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); POLYMER BLENDS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; STYRENE;

DC ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INTERPHASE; MWNTS; ORGANIC MODIFIER; PHASE MORPHOLOGY;

ABS RESINS;

EID: 84905028306     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am501737z     Document Type: Article

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