Electromagnetic properties and performance of exfoliated graphite (EG) - Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) nanocomposites at microwaves

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 114, Issue , 2015, Pages 26-33

  Valentini, M ^a   Piana, F ^b,c,e   Pionteck, J ^b   Lamastra, F R ^d   Nanni, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Italian Interuniversity Consortium on Materials Science and Technology (INSTM)   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

A. Functional composites; A. Nano composites; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Electrical properties; Exfoliated graphite

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION MOLDING; ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING; GRAPHITE; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PERMITTIVITY; POLYURETHANES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHIELDING;

COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE; FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES; MATERIAL MICROSTRUCTURES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); SHIELDING EFFECTIVENESS; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84930194511     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2015.03.006     Document Type: Article

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