Mechanical properties of individual electrospun polymer-nanotube composite nanofibers

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2253-2258

  Almecija, Dorothee ^a   Blond, David ^a   Sader, John E ^b   Coleman, Jonathan N ^a   Boland, John J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFM TIP; COMPOSITE NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPUN; FIBER COMPOSITION; INDIVIDUAL FIBERS; LATERAL FORCE; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; POLYMER-NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; SILICON SURFACES; SIMPLE MODEL; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; TENSILE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE MODULI;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOFIBERS;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

EID: 66049129895     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.04.022     Document Type: Article

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