Carbon nanofibers prepared from electrospun polyimide, polysulfone and polyacrylonitrile nanofibers by ion-beam irradiation

Polymer Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1210-1215

  Sode, Katsuya ^a,b   Sato, Tomoki ^a,b   Tanaka, Manabu ^a,b   Suzuki, Yoshiaki ^b   Kawakami, Hiroyoshi ^a,b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofibers; Conductivity; Electrospinning; Ion beam irradiation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSPINNING METHOD; HEXAFLUOROPROPANE DIANHYDRIDE (6FDA); ION BEAM IRRADIATION; NANOFIBROUS MEMBRANES; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; POLYACRYLONITRILE NANOFIBERS; POLYMER NANOFIBERS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSPINNING; ION BEAMS; IONS; IRRADIATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; POLYACRYLONITRILES; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84881531566     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2013.56     Document Type: Article

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