Fabrication of multiwalled carbon nanotube/polypropylene conductive fibrous membranes by melt electrospinning

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2308-2317

  Cao, Li ^a   Su, Dunfan ^a   Su, Zhiqiang ^a   Chen, Xiaonong ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84894143389     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie403746p     Document Type: Article

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