Graphene nanoribbons as an advanced precursor for making carbon fiber

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1628-1637

  Xiang, Changsheng ^a,f   Behabtu, Natnael ^b,f   Liu, Yaodong ^d   Chae, Han Gi ^d   Young, Colin C ^a,b   Genorio, Bostjan ^a   Tsentalovich, Dmitri E ^b   Zhang, Chenguang ^a,e   Kosynkin, Dmitry V ^a,f   Lomeda, Jay R ^a   Hwang, Chih Chau ^a   Kumar, Satish ^d   Pasquali, Matteo ^a,b,c   Tour, James M ^a,b,c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

carbon fiber; coagulation; fiber spinning; graphene nanoribbon

Indexed keywords

AIR-GAPS; ANISOTROPIC LIQUIDS; ANNEALING CONDITION; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; CHLOROSULFONIC ACID; COAGULATION BATH; COLLOID CONCENTRATION; DRAW RATIO; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIBER MORPHOLOGY; FIBER SPINNING; GENERAL PURPOSE CARBON FIBERS; GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASE; LIQUID CRYSTAL SOLUTIONS; MACROSCOPIC FIBERS; SPECIFIC MODULUS; SPINNING CONDITIONS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ANNEALING; CARBON FIBERS; COAGULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHENE; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANORIBBONS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEEL FIBERS; TENSILE STRENGTH; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

CARBON; CARBON FIBER; CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEAT; LIQUID CRYSTAL; SOLUBILITY;

CARBON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHITE; HOT TEMPERATURE; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84874403661     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305506s     Document Type: Article

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