Encapsulation of polystyrene within carbon nanotubes with the aid of supercritical CO2 [13]

Carbon

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 458-460

  Liu, Zhimin ^a   Dai, Xinhua ^a   Xu, Jian ^a   Han, Buxing ^a   Zhang, Jianling ^a   Wang, Yong ^a   Huang, Ying ^a   Yang, Guanying ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes, carbon composites; B. Impregnation, intercalation; C. Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346338444     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2003.12.031     Document Type: Article

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