Molecular ordering of organic molten salts triggered by single-walled carbon nanotubes

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5628, 2003, Pages 2072-2074

  Fukushima, Takanori ^a   Kosaka, Atsuko ^a   Ishimura, Yoji ^b   Yamamoto, Takashi ^b   Takigawa, Toshikazu ^b   Ishii, Noriyuki ^c   Aida, Takuzo ^a  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CROSSLINKING; GELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RHEOLOGY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

MOLECULAR ORDERING;

MOLTEN MATERIALS;

ABSORBENT; CARBON; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

GEL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; HARDNESS; LIQUID; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0037933432     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1082289     Document Type: Article

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