Ultrasonication effects on thermal and rheological properties of carbon nanotube suspensions

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ruan, Binglu ^a,b   Jacobi, Anthony M ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; SONICATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VISCOSITY;

AGGLOMERATE SIZES; CARBON-NANOTUBE SUSPENSIONS; DISPERSION OF NANO PARTICLES; PREPARATION METHOD; RESEARCH REPORTS; THERMAL AND RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT; VISCOSITY INCREASE;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 84857718046     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-127     Document Type: Article

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