Development of electrically conductive nano bamboo charcoal/ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene composites with a segregated network

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 132, Issue , 2016, Pages 31-37

  Li, Suiyi ^a,b   Li, Xiaoyan ^a   Chen, Chuchu ^a   Wang, Haiying ^a   Deng, Qiaoyun ^a   Gong, Meng ^b   Li, Dagang ^a  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrical properties; Mechanical properties; Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Segregated structure

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; CHARCOAL; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HOT PRESSING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLVENTS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ELECTRICAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION THRESHOLD; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; HOT PRESSING METHOD; POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); SEGREGATED STRUCTURES; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84978971652     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2016.06.010     Document Type: Article

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