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Electrical conductivity of lanthanum oxide based composites containing carbon nanofibers

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We have measured the electrical conductivity of lanthanum oxide based composite materials containing different concentrations of carbon nanofibers as additives. The conductivity has been shown to increase sharply (by two orders of magnitude) at carbon nanofiber contents from 2 to 3 wt % owing to the formation of a three-dimensional network of nanofibers in the bulk of the composite. Particular attention has been paid to the morphology of the particles of the constituent components of the composites and to the chemical and phase compositions of the matrix material.

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    A. A. Volodin, P. V. Fursikov, A. A. Belmesov, Yu. M. Shul’ga & B. P. Tarasov

  2. Institute of Microelectronics Technology and High Purity Materials, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Akademika Osip’yana 6, Chernogolovka, Moscow oblast, 142432, Russia

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  3. Nikitin Institute of Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, ul. Ajni 299/2, Dushanbe, 734063, Tajikistan

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Volodin, P.V. Fursikov, A.A. Belmesov, Yu.M. Shul’ga, I.I. Khodos, M.N. Abdusalyamova, B.P. Tarasov, 2014, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2014, Vol. 50, No. 7, pp. 726–734.

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Volodin, A.A., Fursikov, P.V., Belmesov, A.A. et al. Electrical conductivity of lanthanum oxide based composites containing carbon nanofibers. Inorg Mater 50, 673–681 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168514070164

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