Tailoring the microstructure and mechanical properties of arrays of aligned multiwall carbon nanotubes by utilizing different hydrogen concentrations during synthesis

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3631-3638

  Raney, Jordan R ^a   Misra, Abha ^b   Daraio, Chiara ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CHEMICAL VAPOR; FLOATING CATALYST; GAS FEEDSTOCKS; HYDROGEN CONCENTRATION; MAXIMUM COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OUTER DIAMETERS; PEAK STRESS; RESULTING MATERIALS; STRAIN RECOVERY; UNIFORM DIAMETER; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

HYDROGEN;

EID: 80053280921     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.04.066     Document Type: Article

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