Aerogels based on carbon nanomaterials

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 51, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 9157-9189

  Araby, Sherif ^a,c   Qiu, Aidong ^a   Wang, Ruoyu ^a   Zhao, Zhiheng ^a   Wang, Chun Hui ^b   Ma, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Benha University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHENE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PORE SIZE; SOLS; YARN;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; STRUCTURE , PROPERTIES; SURFACE FUNCTIONALITIES; SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING; THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES;

AEROGELS;

EID: 84978062420     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-016-0141-z     Document Type: Review

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