Structural changes of carbon nanotubes in their macroscopic films and fibers by electric sparking processing

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1751-1756

  Li, Ya Li ^a   Zhong, Xiao Hua ^a   Windle, Alan H ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FIBERS; CARBON FILMS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SPINNING (FIBERS);

AMORPHOUS PHASE; AS-GROWN; CARBON NANOTUBES (CNTS); CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CVD); DIRECT CURRENT POWER; FIBER ASSEMBLIES; HETERO STRUCTURES; INNER CORE; INTERNAL STRUCTURES; LOCALIZED HEATING; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; NANO FIBERS; NANO PARTICLES; NANO-SIZE PARTICLES; NANOTUBE ASSEMBLIES; SELECTIVE REMOVAL; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; STRUCTURAL CHANGES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 52949143828     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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