Strategies for dispersing carbon nanotubes in highly viscous polymers
- 16 March 2005
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- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of Materials Chemistry
- Vol. 15 (24), 2349-2352
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b501805f
Abstract
We describe a new technique based on latex technology, which allows the production of conductive composites with potential applications in electronics. These composites consist of exfoliated single-wall nanotubes in a polymer matrix of choice, with very low percolation threshold.Keywords
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