Fabrication of micro pillars using multiwall carbon nanotubes/polymer nanocomposites

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Imbaby, Mohamed ^a   Gottschalk, Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSANTS; MICRO PILLARS; NEW APPROACHES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDE (PEO); SONICATION TIME; WEIGHT RATIOS; WELL-DISPERSED;

ACETONE; MICROCHANNELS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84878072621     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/23/5/055012     Document Type: Article

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