Liquid infiltration into carbon nanotube fibers: Effect on structure and electrical properties

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 8412-8422

  Qiu, Jing ^a   Terrones, Jeronimo ^a   Vilatela, Juan J ^a,b   Vickers, Mary E ^a   Elliott, James A ^a   Windle, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMDEA MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

CNT fiber; electrical conductivity; liquid infiltration; small angle X ray scattering; structural model

Indexed keywords

CNT FIBERS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LIQUID INFILTRATION; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; STRUCTURAL MODELING;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FIBERS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84887002957     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn401337m     Document Type: Article

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