Examining carbon nanofibers: Properties, growth, and applications

IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 33-38

  Desmaris, Vincent ^a   Saleem, Muhammad Amin ^b   Shafiee, Sareh ^a  

^a SMOLTEK AB   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOFIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; NANOFIBERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; YARN;

CARBON FILAMENTS; CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; FILAMENTOUS CARBON; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (PE CVD);

PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 85027920080     PISSN: 19324510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MNANO.2015.2409394     Document Type: Article

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