The hierarchical structure and properties of multifunctional carbon nanotube fibre composites

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1227-1234

  Vilatela, Juan J ^a,c   Khare, Rupesh ^a,b   Windle, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c IMDEA MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; HIERARCHICAL COMPOSITE; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HIGH SURFACE AREA; HIGH VOLUME FRACTION; IN-PLANE; MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES; MULTIFUNCTIONALITY; POLYMER INFILTRATION; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

FIBERS;

EID: 84155167092     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.10.040     Document Type: Article

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