Bio-Inspired Aggregation Control of Carbon Nanotubes for Ultra-Strong Composites

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Han, Yue ^a,c   Zhang, Xiaohua ^b   Yu, Xueping ^b   Zhao, Jingna ^b   Li, Shan ^a,c   Liu, Feng ^a   Gao, Peng ^d   Zhang, Yongyi ^b   Zhao, Tong ^a   Li, Qingwen ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Suzhou Creative Nano Carbon Co Ltd   (China)

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EID: 84935026565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11533     Document Type: Article

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