Interplay of wall number and diameter on the electrical conductivity of carbon nanotube thin films

Carbon

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 318-325

  Chen, Guohai ^a,b   Futaba, Don N ^a,b   Sakurai, Shunsuke ^a,b   Yumura, Motoo ^a,b   Hata, Kenji ^a,b,c  

^a Technology Research Association for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes TASC   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANOTUBES; THIN FILMS; YARN;

ASSEMBLY STRUCTURES; CNT FILMS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIRST-ORDER MODELS; PACKING DENSITY; SINGLE-WALLED; SYNERGETIC EFFECT;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84892790944     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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