Stabilizing carbon nanotube yarns using chemical vapor infiltration

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 90, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-87

  Thiagarajan, V ^a   Wang, X ^a   Bradford, P D ^b   Zhu, Y T ^a   Yuan, F G ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nano composites; B. Electrical properties; B. Mechanical properties; D. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); E. Chemical vapor infiltration (CVI)

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED APPLICATIONS; CARBON NANOTUBE YARNS; E. CHEMICAL VAPOR INFILTRATION (CVI); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL STABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES; STRENGTH AND STIFFNESS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR INFILTRATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPORS; YARN;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84888223425     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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