Selective distribution and migration of carbon nanotubes enhanced electrical and mechanical performances in polyolefin elastomers

Polymer

Volumn 110, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-11

  Gong, Tao ^a   Liu, Meng Qi ^a   Liu, Hu ^b   Peng, Si Piao ^a   Li, Ting ^a   Bao, Rui Ying ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Xie, Bang Hu ^a   Yang, Ming Bo ^a   Guo, Zhanhu ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Double percolation; Electrical conductivity; Reduced percolation threshold

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLVENTS; YARN;

DOUBLE PERCOLATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; SELECTIVE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROGRAPH;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 85008240159     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.12.056     Document Type: Article

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