Mechanical vs. electrical hysteresis of carbon nanotube/styrene-butadiene-styrene composites and their influence in the electromechanical response

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-5

  Costa, P ^a   Ribeiro, S ^a   Lanceros Mendez, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

A. Functional composites; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Electrical properties; B. Stress strain curves; C. Elastic properties

Indexed keywords

BUTADIENE; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; COPOLYMERS; HYSTERESIS; RUBBER; SOLVENTS; STRAIN; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; YARN;

COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMECHANICAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL; PIEZORESISTIVE COMPOSITES; PIEZORESISTIVE PROPERTIES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS);

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84921525091     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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