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Electrical resistance of CNT-PEEK composites under compression at different temperatures
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Concordia Centre for Composites, Centre for Applied Research on Polymers and Composites (CREPEC), Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W Montréal, Québec, Canada H3G 1M8
Nanoscale Research Letters 2011, 6:419 doi:10.1186/1556-276X-6-419
Published: 13 June 2011Abstract
Electrically conductive polymers reinforced with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have generated a great deal of scientific and industrial interest in the last few years. Advanced thermoplastic composites made of three different weight percentages (8%, 9%, and 10%) of multiwalled CNTs and polyether ether ketone (PEEK) were prepared by shear mixing process. The temperature- and pressure-dependent electrical resistance of these CNT-PEEK composites have been studied and presented in this paper. It has been found that electrical resistance decreases significantly with the application of heat and pressure.
