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Aerographite: Ultra Lightweight, Flexible Nanowall, Carbon Microtube Material with Outstanding Mechanical Performance (Adv. Mater. 26/2012)

  1. Matthias Mecklenburg1,
  2. Arnim Schuchardt2,
  3. Yogendra Kumar Mishra2,
  4. Sören Kaps2,
  5. Rainer Adelung2,*,
  6. Andriy Lotnyk3,†,
  7. Lorenz Kienle3,
  8. Karl Schulte1

Article first published online: 3 JUL 2012

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201290158

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 24, Issue 26, page 3437, July 10, 2012

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Mecklenburg, M., Schuchardt, A., Mishra, Y. K., Kaps, S., Adelung, R., Lotnyk, A., Kienle, L. and Schulte, K. (2012), Aerographite: Ultra Lightweight, Flexible Nanowall, Carbon Microtube Material with Outstanding Mechanical Performance (Adv. Mater. 26/2012). Adv. Mater., 24: 3437. doi: 10.1002/adma.201290158

Author Information

  1. 1

    Istitute of Polymers and Composites, Hamburg University of Technology, Denickestr. 15, D- 21073 Hamburg, Germany

  2. 2

    Institute for Materials Science, Functional Nanomaterials, University of Kiel, Kaiserstr. 2, D-24143 Kiel, Germany

  3. 3

    Institute for Materials Science, Synthesis and Real Structure, University of Kiel, Kaiserstr. 2, D-24143 Kiel, Germany

  1. †

    Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification (IOM) Permoserstr. 15, D-04318, Leipzig, Germany

*Institute for Materials Science, Functional Nanomaterials, University of Kiel, Kaiserstr. 2, D-24143 Kiel, Germany.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 JUL 2012
  2. Article first published online: 3 JUL 2012

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Keywords:

  • carbon nanomaterials;
  • ultra lightweight;
  • highly porous material;
  • merit indices;
  • supercapacitors
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ZnO network templates are converted into aerographite, a novel carbon-based material, by R. Adelung and co-workers on page 3486. While parts of the ZnO crystals are missing and etched, on the outside carbon tubes have already been formed. Aerographite tubes are like an inflated version of multiwalled carbon nanotubes, with increased microscopic diameter but unchanged nanoscopic wall thickness. These tubes are interconnected to form a superlow-density material with a volume of several cubic centimeters and remarkable mechanical, electrical, and optical properties.

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