Multifunctional composites using reinforced laminae with carbon-nanotube forests

By V. Veedu, A. Cao, Xuesong Li, K. Ma, C. Soldano, S. Kar, Pulickel M. Ajayan, M. Ghasemi-Nejhad. Nature Materials, 2006

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