Carbon nanotube agglomeration effect on piezoresistivity of polymer nanocomposites

Polymer

Volumn 55, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 5488-5499

  Gong, S ^a   Zhu, Z H ^a   Meguid, S A ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube agglomeration; Piezoresistivity; Polymer matrix composites

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; YARN;

CNT-POLYMER COMPOSITES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; MULTIFUNCTIONAL POLYMER COMPOSITES; NANOTUBE AGGLOMERATION; PERCOLATING NETWORKS; PIEZORESISTIVITY; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84907652156     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2014.08.054     Document Type: Article

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