The fabrication and electrochemical properties of electrospun nanofibers of a multiwalled carbon nanotube grafted by chitosan

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Feng, Wei ^a   Wu, Zigang ^a   Li, Yu ^a   Feng, Yiyu ^a   Yuan, Xiaoyan ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROSPINNING; FABRICATION; NANOFIBERS;

BIOLOGICAL FIELDS; ELECTRON HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; NANOTUBE FRAMEWORK;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

ACETIC ACID; CHITOSAN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOFIBER; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; POTASSIUM FERRICYANIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 42549092700     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/10/105707     Document Type: Article

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