Macroscopic CNT fibres inducing non-epitaxial nucleation and orientation of semicrystalline polymers

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yue, Hangbo ^a   Monreal Bernal, Alfonso ^a   Fernández Blázquez, Juan P ^a   Llorca, Javier ^a,b   Vilatela, Juan J ^a  

^a IMDEA MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 84947565478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16729     Document Type: Article

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