Controllable synthesis of spongy carbon nanotube blocks with tunable macro- and microstructures

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Gui, Xuchun ^a   Lin, Zhiqiang ^a   Zeng, Zhiping ^a   Wang, Kunlin ^b   Wu, Dehai ^b   Tang, Zikang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CARBON SOURCE; CARRIER GAS; CONTROLLABLE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; FILLING RATE; FORMATION MECHANISM; FREE-STANDING STRUCTURES; ISOTROPIC PROPERTY; MACRO- AND MICROSTRUCTURE; MECHANICAL ENERGY ABSORPTION; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SUPPLY RATE; UNIFORM STRUCTURE; VAPOR PHASE; WALL THICKNESS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 84873445740     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/8/085705     Document Type: Article

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