Strong magnetic field-assisted growth of carbon nanofibers and its microstructural transformation mechanism

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Luo, Chengzhi ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a   Pan, Chunxu ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84924897995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09062     Document Type: Article

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