Alternative conductive coatings based on multi-walled carbon nanotubes [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Mayra Rúbia Silva Castro

Alternative Conductive CoatingsBased on Multi-Walled Carbon NanotubesDissertationzur Erlangung des Gradesdes Doktors der Ingenieurwissenschaftender Naturwissenschaftlich-Technischen Fakultat¨ IIIChemie, Pharmazie, Bio- und Werkstoffwissenschaftender Universitat¨ des SaarlandesVorgelegt vonMayra Rubia´ Silva CastroSaarbruc¨ ken2007ACKNOWLEDGMENTSI am very thankful to Prof. Dr. Helmut Schmidt for the opportunity to work under hissupervision in a very interesting research field. I am thankful to his ideas and adviceswhich contributed a lot for the completion of this Ph.D. work.This work was carried out at the Leibniz Institute for New Materials GmbH (INM) inSaarbruc¨ ken, where I had all the facilities necessary to develop the research. The supportby the library team and the characterization methods specialists is gratefully appreciated.I would like to thank Dr. Peter W. Oliveira for his encouragement and his supportsince the beginning of this Ph.D. work, as well as for his ideas, discussions and for theopportunity to work in his group in a very friendly atmosphere.I acknowledge the fruitful discussions and collaboration work with my colleagues atINM and the constructive suggestions and support of Dr. Gerd Schaf¨ er and Dr. Naji Al-Dahoudi.I am grateful to Dr. Edward “Ted” McRae (Universite´ Henri Poncare,´ Nancy) for thereading proof and important discussions about the scientific aspect of this thesis. I alsothank Prof.