Assembly of Carbon Nanotubes on Polymer Particles: Towards Rapid Shape Change by Near‐Infrared Light. (5th February 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Huang, Xiaopeng; Qian, Qiuping; Zhang, Xinyue; Du, Wenbin; Xu, Huaping; Wang, Yapei
• Is Part Of: Particle and particle systems characterization. Volume 30:Number 3(2013:Mar.)
• Page Start: 235
• Page End: 240
• Publication Date: 2013-02-05
• Subjects: Particles -- Periodicals; 620.43
• DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.201200130
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0934-0866

Abstract

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