Core-shell interactions in coaxial electrospinning and impact on electrospun multiwall carbon nanotube core, poly(methyl methacrylate) shell fibers

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 12742-12750

  Longson, Timothy J ^a,b   Bhowmick, Ranadeep ^a,c   Gu, Claire ^b   Cruden, Brett A ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL ELECTROSPINNING; COMPOSITE FIBERS; CORE-SHELL INTERACTIONS; ELECTROSPUNS; HANSEN SOLUBILITY PARAMETERS; HOLLOW FIBER; NON-SOLVENTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

CARBON FIBERS; ELECTROSPINNING; ESTERS; FIBERS; POLYMERS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLVENTS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 79959812289     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp201077p     Document Type: Article

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