Carbon nanofibers "spot-welded" to carbon felt: A mechanically stable, bulk mimic of lotus leaves

Advanced Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 420-424

  Li, Jiang ^a   Sambandam, Senthil ^b   Lu, Weijie ^b   Lukehart, Charles M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FISK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION; CHEMICAL STABILITY; FELT; FELTS; GRAPHITE; HYBRID MATERIALS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; NANOFIBERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON CARBIDE; SPOT WELDING; WELDING;

ACID ETCHINGS; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CARBON FELTS; GRAPHITIC CARBON NANOFIBERS; HIGH THERMALS; LOTUS LEAVES; MECHANICALLY STABLES; MICRO-FLUIDIC; MINIATURE ELECTRONICS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE COATINGS; SYNTHESIS STAGES;

CARBON NANOFIBERS;

EID: 54949096579     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200700444     Document Type: Article

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