New way to characterize the percolation threshold of polyethylene and carbon nanotube polymer composites using fourier transform (FT) rheology

Korea Australia Rheology Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 319-326

  Ahirwal, Deepak ^a,b   Palza, Humberto ^c   Schlatter, Guy ^b   Wilhelm, Manfred ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; FT rheology; LAOS; Nanocomposites; Percolation threshold

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906856335     PISSN: 1226119X     EISSN: 20937660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13367-014-0036-y     Document Type: Article

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