Nematic Liquid Crystallinity of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes

Science

Volumn 302, Issue 5649, 2003, Pages 1363-

  Song, Wenhui ^a   Kinloch, Ian A ^a   Windle, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYAMIDE; CARBON; POLYMER; SOLVENT; SURFACTANT;

CARBON; CRYSTALLINITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFECTIVE VIRUS; DISPERSION; ELECTRONICS; EVAPORATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0344875649     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1089764     Document Type: Article

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