Effect of surface "groove" structure of carbon nanotube bundles on the formation of nanohybrid shish kebab

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2812-2818

  Ning, Nanying ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Yan, Jiajie ^a   Xu, Fan ^a   Tang, Changyu ^b   Fu, Qiang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chengdu Green Energy and Green Manufacturing Technology R and D Center   (China)

Author keywords

DWNTs bundles; Groove structure; Lamellae orientation; Nanohybrid shish kebab (NHSK); Nucleation ability; PE

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE BUNDLE; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; DOUBLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; DWNTS BUNDLES; FIBROUS CARBONS; FUNCTIONAL DESIGN; HIGHER T; LONG AXIS; NANODEVICE APPLICATIONS; NANOHYBRID SHISH-KEBABS; SMOOTH SURFACE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NUCLEATION; POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84868534916     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.315     Document Type: Article

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