Improved structure and properties of single-wall carbon nanotube spun fibers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1210-1212

  Vigolo, Brigitte ^a   Poulin, Philippe ^a   Lucas, Marcel ^b   Launois, Pascale ^b   Bernier, Patrick ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE FIBERS; INTERCONNECTED NETWORK; MACROSCOPIC FIBERS; POLYMERIC MATRICES; SPINNING PROCESS; SPUN FIBER; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ALIGNMENT; CARBON FIBERS; FIBERS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; SPINNING (FIBERS);

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 79956048984     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1497706     Document Type: Article

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