Balance the electrical properties and mechanical properties of carbon black filled immiscible polymer blends with a double percolation structure

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 140, Issue , 2017, Pages 99-105

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

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Conductive polymer composites; Double percolation structure; Electrical properties; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

BOND (MASONRY); CARBON; CARBON BLACK; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ETHYLENE; FILLED POLYMERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POLYMER BLENDS; SOLVENTS; STYRENE;

CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITES; DOUBLE PERCOLATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IMMISCIBLE POLYMER BLENDS; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; PHASE CONTINUITY; WEIGHT RATIOS;

STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 85008352881     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2016.12.029     Document Type: Article

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