Processing of loose carbon nanotubes into isolated, high density submicron channels

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Hendricks, Troy R ^a   Ivanov, Ilia N ^a   Schaeffer, Daniel A ^a   Menchhofer, Paul A ^a   Simpson, John T ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK RESISTIVITY; CHANNEL DIAMETERS; FIBER-DRAWING PROCESS; GLASS CAPILLARY TUBES; GLASS MATRICES; HIGH DENSITY; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; MULTIPLE CHANNELS; PROCESSING APPROACH; SODIUM SILICATE SOLUTIONS; SUBMICRON CHANNELS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; FIBERS; GLASS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); SILICATES; SODIUM;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 77349103922     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/11/115301     Document Type: Article

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