Design of superior conductive polymer composite with precisely controlling carbon nanotubes at the interface of a co-continuous polymer blend via a balance of π-π interactions and dipole-dipole interactions

Carbon

Volumn 114, Issue , 2017, Pages 441-448

  Chen, Jianwen ^a,b   Cui, Xihua ^a   Zhu, Yutian ^a   Jiang, Wei ^a   Sui, Kunyan ^b  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIPOLE MOMENT; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; NANOTUBES; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SOLVENTS; YARN;

CARBOXYL CONTENTS; CARBOXYL GROUPS; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITES; DIPOLE DIPOLE INTERACTIONS; INTERFACIAL DISTRIBUTION; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; PI INTERACTIONS; THERMODYNAMIC METHODS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 85007206610     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2016.12.048     Document Type: Article

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