Mechanical and electrical properties of electrospun PVDF/MWCNT ultrafine fibers using rotating collector

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Shu Hua ^a   Wan, Yong ^a   Sun, Bin ^a   Liu, Ling Zhi ^a   Xu, Weijiang ^b  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Elasticity; Electrospinning; Multi walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBERS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; NANOTUBES; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SOLVENTS;

CONDUCTING NETWORKS; DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS; FLEXIBLE DEVICE; FORCE TRANSDUCERS; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLY (VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE)(PVDF); ULTRA-FINE FIBERS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84919936277     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-522     Document Type: Article

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