Continuous carbon nanotube composite fibers: Properties, potential applications, and problems

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-3

  Dalton, Alan B ^a   Collins, Steve ^a   Razal, Joselito ^a,e   Munoz, Edgar ^a,f   Ebron, Von Howard ^a   Kim, Bog G ^a,g   Coleman, Jonathan N ^b   Ferraris, John P ^a,d   Baughman, Ray H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Robert A Welch Prof of Chemistry   (United States)

^d UTD

^e Chemistry Program at UTD

^f INSTITUTO DE CARBOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

^g Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUPERCAPACITORS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBERS; REINFORCEMENT; SILK;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; STEEL;

FIBER; GEL; MECHANICS; REVIEW; SILK; TEXTILE; WEIGHT;

EID: 0942268809     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b312092a     Document Type: Review

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