Reinforced carbon nanotubes as electrically conducting and flexible films for space applications

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 20400-20407

  Atar, Nurit ^a,b   Grossman, Eitan ^a   Gouzman, Irina ^a   Bolker, Asaf ^a   Hanein, Yael ^b  

^a SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

CNT sheets; Electrical conductivity; Nanocomposites; Polyimide; Space environment

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; IONIZING RADIATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYIMIDES; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIATION PROTECTION; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (CVD); CNT SHEETS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION PROCESS; SPACE ENVIRONMENT;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84914703337     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am505811g     Document Type: Article

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