Nanotube composite carbon fibers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1329-1331

  Andrews, R ^a   Jacques, D ^a   Rao, A M ^a   Rantell, T ^a   Derbyshire, F ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Chen, J ^a   Haddon, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONDING; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NANOTUBES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

NANOTUBE COMPOSITE CARBON FIBERS; SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWNT);

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 0032621183     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.124683     Document Type: Article

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