Flexible electrospun polyvinylidene fluoride nanofibrous composites with high electrical conductivity and good mechanical properties by employing ultrasonication induced dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 128, Issue , 2016, Pages 201-206

  Zha, Jun Wei ^a,b   Gao, Ying ^a   Zhang, Dong Li ^a   Wen, Yongqiang ^a   Li, Robert K Y ^b   Shi, Chang Yong ^c   Dang, Zhi Min ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anchoring technique; Electrical conductivity; Nanofibrous composites; Polymer matrix composites (PMCs)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; NANOTUBES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YARN;

ANCHORING TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; NANO-FIBROUS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84962741265     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2016.04.002     Document Type: Article

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