Method for production of polymer and carbon nanofibers from water-soluble polymers

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3857-3860

  Spender, Jonathan ^a,b   Demers, Alexander L ^a,b   Xie, Xinfeng ^a,b   Cline, Amos E ^a   Earle, M Alden ^b   Ellis, Lucas D ^b   Neivandt, David J ^a,b  

^a The University of Maine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofiber; ice templating; lignin; nanofiber; rapid freezing

Indexed keywords

CRYOGELS; FIBROUS MORPHOLOGY; FREEZING RATE; ICE TEMPLATING; IN-FIELD; NANO SCALE; NANO-METER SCALE; NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE; PAPERMAKING PROCESS; POTENTIAL FEEDSTOCK; RAPID FREEZING; SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS; WATERSOLUBLE POLYMERS;

CARBON FIBERS; CARBONIZATION; FREEZING; LIGNIN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOFIBERS;

CARBON NANOFIBERS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; POLYMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 84863856307     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl301983d     Document Type: Article

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