Control of physical properties of carbon nanofibers obtained from coaxial electrospinning of PMMA and PAN with adjustable inner/outer nozzle-ends

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kaerkitcha, Navaporn ^a   Chuangchote, Surawut ^b,c   Sagawa, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^c Centre of Excellence on Energy Technology and Environment   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Adjustable nozzle end; Coaxial electrospinning; Core shell nanofibers

Indexed keywords

CARBONIZATION; ELECTROSPINNING; ESTERS; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITIZATION; NANOFIBERS; NOZZLES; PORE SIZE; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; SPINNING (FIBERS); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADJUSTABLE NOZZLE-END; COAXIAL ELECTROSPINNING; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; CORE/SHELL; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSPINNING METHOD; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA); POLYACRYLONITRILE (PAN);

CARBON NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84963749833     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-016-1416-7     Document Type: Article

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