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Graphene: Improved Graphitic Structure of Continuous Carbon Nanofibers via Graphene Oxide Templating (Adv. Funct. Mater. 46/2013)
Author(s) -
Papkov Dimitry,
Goponenko Alexander,
Compton Owen C.,
An Zhi,
Moravsky Alexander,
Li XingZhong,
Nguyen SonBinh T.,
Dzenis Yuris A.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201370249
Subject(s) - materials science , graphene , carbon nanofiber , nanomanufacturing , nanofiber , carbonization , polyacrylonitrile , nanotechnology , oxide , carbon fibers , graphite oxide , graphite , nanoparticle , carbon nanotube , chemical engineering , composite material , composite number , polymer , scanning electron microscope , engineering , metallurgy
Graphene oxide sheets get anisotropically crumpled and oriented by radial and shear forces in fast‐thinning electrospun jets. On page 5763 , Y. Dzenis and co‐workers demonstrate that a small fraction of these nanoparticles in polyacrylonitrile precursor nanofibers can produce global improvements of the graphitic order and orientation in the resulting carbon nanofilaments. Such a templating methodology utilizing low‐cost constituents, efficient top‐down nanomanufacturing, and relatively low carbonization temperatures may lead to inexpensive continuous carbon nanofibers with improved mechanical and transport properties. Artwork by Joel Brehm.