Recent progress in fabrication, structure, and properties of carbon fibers

Polymer Reviews

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 234-258

  Liu, Yaodong ^a   Kumar, Satish ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon fibers; carbon nanotubes; carbonization; pitch; polyacrylonitrile; processing; stabilization

Indexed keywords

PITCH; PITCH BASED CARBON FIBER; PRECURSOR FIBERS; PROCESSING CONDITION; PRODUCTION COST; RECENT PROGRESS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CARBONIZATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYACRYLONITRILES; PROCESSING; STABILIZATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 84866057544     PISSN: 15583724     EISSN: 15583716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583724.2012.705410     Document Type: Review

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