Using in-situ polymerization of conductive polymers to enhance the electrical properties of solution-processed carbon nanotube films and fibers

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 9966-9974

  Allen, Ranulfo ^a   Pan, Lijia ^b   Fuller, Gerald G ^a   Bao, Zhenan ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube alignment; carbon nanotube fibers; carbon nanotube thin films; conductive polymer composites; PEDOT; solution processing

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPOSITE FILMS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; POLYMERIZATION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); THIN FILMS;

CARBON NANOTUBE FIBERS; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITES; NANOTUBE ALIGNMENT; PEDOT; SOLUTION-PROCESSING;

FIBERS;

EID: 84904108855     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5019995     Document Type: Article

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