Comparative Study of Metal Substrates for Improved Carbonization of Electrospun PAN Nanofibers
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Storck, J.L.; Wortmann, M.; Brockhagen, B.; Frese, N.; Diestelhorst, E.; Grothe, T.; Hellert, C.; Ehrmann, A. Comparative Study of Metal Substrates for Improved Carbonization of Electrospun PAN Nanofibers. Polymers 2022, 14, 721. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14040721
Storck JL, Wortmann M, Brockhagen B, Frese N, Diestelhorst E, Grothe T, Hellert C, Ehrmann A. Comparative Study of Metal Substrates for Improved Carbonization of Electrospun PAN Nanofibers. Polymers. 2022; 14(4):721. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14040721
Chicago/Turabian StyleStorck, Jan Lukas, Martin Wortmann, Bennet Brockhagen, Natalie Frese, Elise Diestelhorst, Timo Grothe, Christian Hellert, and Andrea Ehrmann. 2022. "Comparative Study of Metal Substrates for Improved Carbonization of Electrospun PAN Nanofibers" Polymers 14, no. 4: 721. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14040721
APA StyleStorck, J. L., Wortmann, M., Brockhagen, B., Frese, N., Diestelhorst, E., Grothe, T., Hellert, C., & Ehrmann, A. (2022). Comparative Study of Metal Substrates for Improved Carbonization of Electrospun PAN Nanofibers. Polymers, 14(4), 721. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14040721