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Chemical Engineering

2014

Carbon nanotubes

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Carbon Nanotubes On Carbon Nanofibers: A Novel Structure Based On Electrospun Polymer Nanofibers, H. Hou, Darrell Reneker Jul 2014

Carbon Nanotubes On Carbon Nanofibers: A Novel Structure Based On Electrospun Polymer Nanofibers, H. Hou, Darrell Reneker

Darrell Hyson Reneker

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Electrospinning Jets And Polymer Nanofibers, Darrell Reneker, Alexander Yarin Jul 2014

Electrospinning Jets And Polymer Nanofibers, Darrell Reneker, Alexander Yarin

Darrell Hyson Reneker

In electrospinning, polymer nanofibers are formed by the creation and elongation of an electrified fluid jet. The path of the jet is from a fluid surface that is often, but not necessarily constrained by an orifice, through a straight segment of a tapering cone, then through a series of successively smaller electrically driven bending coils, with each bending coil having turns of increasing radius, and finally solidifying into a continuous thin fiber. Control of the process produces fibers with nanometer scale diameters, along with various cross-sectional shapes, beads, branches and buckling coils or zigzags. Additions to the fluid being spun, …