Electromagnetic Interference Shielding of Polymer/Nanodiamond, Polymer/Carbon Nanotube, and Polymer/Nanodiamond–Carbon Nanotube Nanobifiller Composite: A Review

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 347-363

  Kausar, Ayesha ^a   Rafique, Irum ^a   Muhammad, Bakhtiar ^b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b HAZARA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; EMI shielding; nanobifiller; nanodiamond; polymer

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; HYBRID MATERIALS; NANODIAMONDS; NANOTUBES; POLYMERS; SHIELDING; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; YARN;

CARBON NANOTUBE HYBRIDS; CARBON-NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE SHIELDING; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE SHIELDING MATERIALS; EMI SHIELDING; MECHANICAL FEATURE; NANOBIFILLER; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 85010831993     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2016.1233273     Document Type: Review

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