Rapid prototyping of three-dimensional microstructures from multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Hung, Wei Hsuan ^a   Kumar, Rajay ^a   Bushmaker, Adam ^a   Cronin, Stephen B ^a   Bronikowski, Michael J ^b  

^a University of Southern California

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TREATMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DYNAMIC PROCESS; NANOTUBE DENSITY; UNDERCUT PROFILES;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 34548425620     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2778292     Document Type: Article

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