Flash welding of conducting polymer nanofibres

Nature Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 783-786

  Huang, Jiaxing ^a   Kaner, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; WELDING;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; WELDING;

EID: 8344281685     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1242     Document Type: Letter

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