Assessment of length and bundle distribution of dilute single-walled carbon nanotubes by viscosity measurements

AIChE Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1499-1508

  Parra Vasquez, A Nicholas G ^a,b,c   Duque, Juan G ^a,b,c   Green, Micah J ^a,b,e   Pasquali, Matteo ^a,b,d  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Texas Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Carbon nanotubes; Polydispersity; Rheology; Shear thinning

Indexed keywords

LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR POLYDISPERSITIES; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; RHEOLOGICAL METHOD; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS); STRUCTURAL INFORMATION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON NANOTUBES; POLYDISPERSITY; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR THINNING; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); VOLCANIC ROCKS;

VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84897629319     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14325     Document Type: Article

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