Multifunctional nanocomposites of poly(vinylidene fluoride) reinforced by carbon nanotubes and magnetite nanoparticles

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1104-1118

  Tsonos, C ^a,b   Pandis, C ^c   Soin, N ^b   Sakellari, D ^d   Myrovali, E ^d   Kripotou, S ^c   Kanapitsas, A ^a   Siores, E ^b,e  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAMIA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dielectric properties; Nanocomposites; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CRYSTALLINITY; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PERMITTIVITY; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FERRIMAGNETIC BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC CHARACTERIZATION; MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANOCOMPOSITES; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES;

MAGNETITE;

EID: 84943179720     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2015.99     Document Type: Article

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