Prediction of the percolation threshold and electrical conductivity of self-assembled antimony-doped tin oxide nanoparticles into ordered structures in PMMA/ATO nanocomposites

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 22264-22271

  Jin, Youngho ^a   Gerhardt, Rosario A ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

electrical properties; finite element analysis (FEA); functional composite; nanocomposite; polymer matrix composites (PMCs)

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; COMPRESSION MOLDING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ESTERS; FILLERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POLYDISPERSITY; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; SOLVENTS; TIN OXIDES;

ANTIMONY-DOPED TIN OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION; FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES; PARAMETRIC FINITE ELEMENTS; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA); POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS);

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84919935978     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5061239     Document Type: Article

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