A facile method to align carbon nanotubes on polymeric membrane substrate

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhao, Haiyang ^a   Zhou, Zhijun ^a   Dong, Hang ^a   Zhang, Lin ^a   Chen, Huanlin ^a   Hou, Lian ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84890618621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03480     Document Type: Article

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