Graphene liquid crystal retarded percolation for new high-k materials

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yuan, Jinkai ^a   Luna, Alan ^a   Neri, Wilfrid ^a   Zakri, Cécile ^a   Schilling, Tanja ^b   Colin, Annie ^a   Poulin, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOSHEET; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

CRYSTAL; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROGENEITY; LIQUID; PERCOLATION;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PHASE TRANSITION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLVENT EFFECT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84947232082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9700     Document Type: Article

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