Graphene networks with low percolation threshold in abs nanocomposites: Selective localization and electrical and rheological properties

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 12252-12260

  Gao, Chong ^a,b   Zhang, Shimin ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Wen, Bin ^a   Han, Chunchun ^a,b   Ding, Yanfen ^a   Yang, Mingshu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

ABS resin; electrical conductivity; graphene; network; rheology; selective localization

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); RESINS; RHEOLOGY; STYRENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL INSULATORS; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; LINEAR VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIORS; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; SELECTIVE LOCALIZATIONS; STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT; STYRENE ACRYLONITRILES;

ABS RESINS;

EID: 84906272081     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am501843s     Document Type: Article

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