Understanding the effect of polymer crystallinity on the electrical conductivity of exfoliated graphite nanoplatelet/polylactic acid composite films

Journal of Polymer Research

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Sullivan, Erin M ^a   Oh, Yun Ju ^b   Gerhardt, Rosario A ^a   Wang, Ben ^a,c   Kalaitzidou, Kyriaki ^a,b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; Electrical conductivity; Exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets; Nanocomposites; Polylactic acid

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION MOLDING; COOLING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FILLED POLYMERS; FILLERS; GRAPHITE; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER FILMS;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE NANOPLATELETS; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLY LACTIC ACID; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84906650811     PISSN: 10229760     EISSN: 15728935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10965-014-0563-8     Document Type: Article

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