Continuous and scalable fabrication and multifunctional properties of carbon nanotube aerogels from the floating catalyst method

Carbon

Volumn 102, Issue , 2016, Pages 409-418

  Mikhalchan, Anastasiia ^a   Fan, Zeng ^a   Tran, Thang Q ^a   Liu, Peng ^a   Tan, Vincent B C ^a   Tay, Tong Earn ^a   Duong, Hai M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; CATALYSTS; DEPOSITION RATES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANOTUBES; POLYMERS; SILICONES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; YARN;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY APPLICATIONS; FLOATING CATALYST METHOD; HIGH DEPOSITION RATES; MULTIFUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POLYMER INFILTRATION; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84960849985     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2016.02.057     Document Type: Article

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