Light-induced conductance switching in azobenzene based near-percolated single wall carbon nanotube/polymer composites

Carbon

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 94-101

  Schneider, V ^a   Strunskus, T ^a   Elbahri, M ^a,b   Faupel, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHROMOPHORES; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; SOLVENTS; SWITCHING; YARN;

AZOBENZENE DERIVATIVES; CONDUCTANCE SWITCHING; CONDUCTION MECHANISM; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; MOLECULAR CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR SWITCHES; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; REVERSIBLE CONTROL;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84929305730     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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