Phthalonitrile-Based Carbon Foam with High Specific Mechanical Strength and Superior Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Performance

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 7422-7430

  Zhang, Liying ^a   Liu, Ming ^a   Roy, Sunanda ^b   Chu, Eng Kee ^a   See, Kye Yak ^a   Hu, Xiao ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

carbon foam; carbonization; compressive strength; EMI shielding; phthalonitrile

Indexed keywords

CARBONIZATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; NITROGEN; POLLUTION; SHIELDING; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

CARBON FOAM; DIRECT CARBONIZATIONS; ELECTRO MAGNETIC POLLUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE SHIELDING; EMI SHIELDING; EMI SHIELDING EFFECTIVENESS; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; PHTHALONITRILES;

FOAMS;

EID: 84962054108     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b12072     Document Type: Article

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