On the mechanism of piezoresistivity of carbon nanotube polymer composites

Polymer

Volumn 55, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 4136-4149

  Gong, Shen ^a   Zhu, Zheng H ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Piezoresistivity; Polymer matrix composites

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SOLVENTS; YARN;

CARBON NANOTUBE-POLYMER COMPOSITES; CNT-POLYMER COMPOSITES; COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; DOMINANT MECHANISM; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; PIEZORESISTIVITY; POLYMER COMPOSITE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84905496332     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2014.06.024     Document Type: Article

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