Scalable nanomanufacturing of surfactant-free carbon nanotube inks for spray coatings with high conductivity

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2242-2250

  Preston, Colin ^a   Song, Da ^a   Dai, Jaiqi ^a   Tsinas, Zois ^b   Bavier, John ^c   Cumings, John ^a   Ballarotto, Vince ^c   Hu, Liangbing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; high conductivity; spray coating; surfactant free ink; zeta potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937970021     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0735-9     Document Type: Article

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