Influence of carbon nanotube dimensions on the percolation characteristics of carbon nanotube/polymer composites

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Shehzad, Khurram ^a,b   Ahmad, Mirza Nadeem ^b,c   Hussain, Tajamal ^d   Mumtaz, Muhammad ^e   Shah, Asma Tufail ^b,f   Mujahid, Adnan ^d   Wang, Chao ^a   Ellingsen, Josef ^a   Dang, Zhi Min ^b,g  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^e INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f Process and Energy Systems Engineering Center PRESTIGE   (Pakistan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BLENDING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

CARBON NANOTUBE/POLYMER COMPOSITES; EFFECT OF CARBONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INSULATOR-CONDUCTOR TRANSITION; MELT BLENDING; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLYMER COMPOSITE; QUASI-LINEAR;

SOLVENTS;

EID: 84906328245     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4892156     Document Type: Article

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