Lowly loaded carbon nanotubes induced high electrical conductivity and giant magnetoresistance in ethylene/1-octene copolymers

Polymer

Volumn 103, Issue , 2016, Pages 315-327

  Yan, Xingru ^a   Gu, Junwei ^b   Zheng, Guoqiang ^c   Guo, Jiang ^a   Galaska, Alexandra Maria ^a   Yu, Jingfang ^d   Khan, Mojammel Alam ^e   Sun, Luyi ^d   Young, David P ^e   Zhang, Qiuyu ^b   Wei, Suying ^f   Guo, Zhanhu ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Giant magnetoresistance; Surface gelation

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHAINS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ETHYLENE; GELATION; HOT PRESSING; NANOCOMPOSITES; SHEAR THINNING; SHRINKAGE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WAVE FUNCTIONS; YARN;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INTERFERENCE MODELING; NEGATIVE MAGNETO-RESISTANCE; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; SHEAR-THINNING BEHAVIOR; VARIABLE-RANGE HOPPING;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 84988964740     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.09.056     Document Type: Article

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