Shear orientation in nematic carbon nanotube dispersions: A combined NMR investigation

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 8556-8562

  Tardani, Franco ^a   Gentile, Luigi ^b   Ranieri, Giuseppe A ^b   La Mesa, Camillo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY GRADIENTS; DIFFUSION ANISOTROPY; LONG TERM STABILITY; PULSED FIELD GRADIENT SPIN ECHOS; QUADRUPOLE SPLITTING; SHEAR ORIENTATION; SPECTRAL MODIFICATIONS; WATER SELF DIFFUSIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DISPERSIONS;

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS;

EID: 84876875068     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4015349     Document Type: Article

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