Scalable formation of carbon nanotube films containing highly aligned whiskerlike crystallites

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 8705-8713

  Ma, Anson W K ^a,b,d   Nam, Jaewook ^a,b,e   Behabtu, Natnael ^a,b   Mirri, Francesca ^a,b   Young, Colin C ^a,b   Dan, Budhadipta ^a,b   Tsentalovich, Dmitri ^a,b   Majumder, Mainak ^a,b   Song, Li ^a,b   Cohen, Yachin ^f   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^a,b,c   Pasquali, Matteo ^a,b,c  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^f TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE FILMS; CHLOROSULFONIC ACID; CONVENTIONAL DRYING; DIP COATING; FILM MORPHOLOGY; FLUID PHASIS; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; NUCLEATING SITES;

COATINGS; CRYSTALLITES; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; THIN FILMS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84879877813     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie303042x     Document Type: Article

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