Concentrated solutions of individualized single walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 360-367

  Pénicaud, Alain ^a,b   Dragin, Fabienne ^c,d   Pécastaings, Gilles ^a,b   He, Maoshuai ^a,b   Anglaret, Eric ^c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PAUL PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METALS; CARBON NANOTUBES; NANOTUBES; YARN;

ALKALI METAL SALTS; CONCENTRATED SOLUTION; CRYOGELS; LENGTH MEASUREMENT; LIQUID FORMULATIONS; MECHANICALLY STABLE; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWNTS); ULTRA-LIGHT;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84892794589     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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