Electric field-modulated non-ohmic behavior of carbon nanotube fibers in polar liquids

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 8497-8504

  Terrones, Jeronimo ^a   Elliott, James A ^a   Vilatela, Juan J ^b   Windle, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMDEA MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube fibers; electrical conductivity; impedance; non ohmic effect; SAXS; solvent

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; SOLVENTS;

CARBON NANOTUBE FIBERS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GAP DISTANCES; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NONOHMIC BEHAVIOR; OHMIC EFFECT; SAXS; SYNCHROTRON SAXS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84906656439     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5030835     Document Type: Article

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