A method for wet spinning of alginate fibers with a high concentration of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1859-1868

  Sa, Vijoya ^a   Kornev, Konstantin G ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE FIBERS; ALGINATE MATRIX; CONTINUOUS STRUCTURES; CROSS LINKING AGENTS; HALPIN-TSAI; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH FLEXIBILITY; MACROMOLECULAR NETWORKS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS; NANOTUBE BUNDLES; NANOTUBE CONCENTRATION; NANOTUBE NETWORKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SEMI-METALS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; VOIGT MODEL; WET SPINNING; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ALGINATE; CARBON FIBERS; CROSSLINKING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FIBERS; GERMANIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

SPINNING (FIBERS);

EID: 79951941491     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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