Partitioned airs at microscale and nanoscale: Thermal diffusivity in ultrahigh porosity solids of nanocellulose

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Sakai, Koh ^a   Kobayashi, Yuri ^a   Saito, Tsuguyuki ^a   Isogai, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 84957550581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep20434     Document Type: Article

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