Patterning lyotropic liquid crystals as precursors for carbon nanotube arrays

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Sousa, M E ^a   Cloutier, S G ^a   Jian, K Q ^a   Weissman, B S ^a   Hurt, R H ^a   Crawford, G P ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA TEMPLATES; CARBON NANOSTRUCTURE; NANOFIBERS;

ALUMINA; ASPECT RATIO; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 28344435000     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2108111     Document Type: Article

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