High strength and high modulus electrospun nanofibers

Fibers

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 158-187

  Yao, Jian ^a   Bastiaansen, Cees W M ^a,b   Peijs, Ton ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofibers; Carbon nanotubes; Chain extension; Chain orientation; Crystallinity; Mechanical properties; Polymer nanofibers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052453643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20796439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/fib2020158     Document Type: Review

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