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Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 160931, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/160931
Research Article

Electrical and Thermal Characterization of Electrospun PVP Nanocomposite Fibers

Waseem S. Khan,1 Ramazan Asmatulu,1 and Mohamed M. Eltabey2,3

1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260-0133, USA
2Basic Engineering Science Department, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufiya University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt
3Medical Physics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia

Received 30 October 2012; Revised 30 January 2013; Accepted 6 February 2013

Academic Editor: Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc

Copyright © 2013 Waseem S. Khan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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