Multifunctional Electroactive Nanocomposites Based on Piezoelectric Boron Nitride Nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 11942-11950

  Kang, Jin Ho ^a   Sauti, Godfrey ^a   Park, Cheol ^b   Yamakov, Vesselin I ^a   Wise, Kristopher E ^b   Lowther, Sharon E ^b   Fay, Catharine C ^b   Thibeault, Sheila A ^b   Bryant, Robert G ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

boron nitride nanotubes; electroactive; nanocomposite; piezoelectric; radiation shielding

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRIC CERAMICS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; IONIZING RADIATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NITRIDES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SHIELDING; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE RESEARCH; YARN;

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES (BNNTS); ELECTRO ACTIVES; HIGH TEMPERATURE STABILITY; PIEZOELECTRIC; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); SPACE EXPLORATION MISSION; STRENGTH TO WEIGHT RATIO;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

EID: 84952319210     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b04526     Document Type: Article

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