Turbostratic graphite nanofibres from electrospun solutions of PAN in dimethylsulphoxide

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1194-1202

  Kurban, Zeynep ^a,b   Lovell, Arthur ^a,b   Jenkins, Derek ^c   Bennington, Steve ^a,b   Loader, Ian ^c   Schober, Alexander ^a   Skipper, Neal ^b  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonization; Diffraction; Electrospinning; Graphitization; Nanofibre; Polyacrylonitrile

Indexed keywords

CARBONIZATION; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROSPINNING; GRAPHITIZATION; HEAT TREATMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOFIBERS; POLYACRYLONITRILES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AFTER-HEAT TREATMENT; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; GRAPHENE LAYERS; GRAPHITE NANOFIBRES; GRAPHITIZATION PROCESS; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTION ROUTES; STRUCTURAL MORPHOLOGY;

GRAPHITE;

EID: 79952002707     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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