Ultralight multiwalled carbon nanotube aerogel

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 7293-7302

  Zou, Jianhua ^a   Liu, Jianhua ^a   Karakoti, Ajay Singh ^a   Kumar, Amit ^a   Joung, Daeha ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Khondaker, Saiful I ^a   Seal, Sudipta ^a,b   Zhai, Lei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube aerogel; gas sensor; hierarchically porous; honeycomb; pressure sensor

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; CHEMICAL BONDINGS; CHEMICAL VAPOR; COMPRESSION TESTS; CRITICAL CONCENTRATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GAS SENSOR; HIERARCHICALLY POROUS; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH-CURRENT PULSE; HONEYCOMB; INTERACTION POTENTIALS; LARGE SURFACE AREA; LIQUID COMPONENTS; MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES; ORDERED MACROPOROUS; PERCOLATION NETWORKS; POROUS STRUCTURES; PROPYL METHACRYLATE; SUBSEQUENT HYDROLYSIS; SURFACE AREA; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; THICK-WALL; ULTRA-LIGHT; WELL-DISPERSED;

AEROGELS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COAGULATION; COMPRESSION TESTING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAS DETECTORS; GELATION; GELS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PRESSURE SENSORS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 78650751287     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn102246a     Document Type: Article

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