Aggregates of multiwalled carbon nanotubes in nematic liquid crystal dispersions: Experimental evidence and a physical picture

Functional Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 454-459

  Minenko, S S ^a   Lisetski, L N ^a   Goncharuk, A I ^b   Lebovka, N I ^b   Ponevchinsky, V V ^c   Soskin, M S ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SCINTILLATION MATERIALS   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCOLLOID CHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE FORMATION; AGGREGATION PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FRACTAL STRUCTURES; NEMATIC LIQUIDS; NEMATIC MOLECULES; PHYSICAL PICTURES; SINGULAR OPTICS;

AGGLOMERATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84882683140     PISSN: 10275495     EISSN: 22182993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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