The imaging mechanism, imaging depth, and parameters influencing the visibility of carbon nanotubes in a polymer matrix using an SEM

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1955-1964

  Li, Wenjing ^a   Buschhorn, Samuel T ^a   Schulte, Karl ^a   Bauhofer, Wolfgang ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATING VOLTAGES; CNT DISPERSION; CONTRAST IMAGING; IMAGE CONTRASTS; IMAGING DEPTH; IMAGING MECHANISM; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SEM; VOLTAGE CONTRAST;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DISPERSIONS; POLYMER FILMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUALIZATION; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

VISIBILITY;

EID: 79951949087     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.12.069     Document Type: Article

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