Robust, Conducting, and Transparent Polymer Composites Using Surface‐Modified and Individualized Double‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes

1 DOI: 10.1002/adma.((please add manuscript number)) Robust, Conducting and Transparent Polymer Composites using Surface-modified and Individualized Double Walled Carbon Nanotubes ** By Yong Chae Jung, Daisuke Shimamoto, Hiroyuki Muramatsu, Yoong Ahm Kim*, Takuya Hayashi, Mauricio Terrones, Morinobu Endo ((Optional Dedication)) [*] Prof. Y. A. Kim, Dr. Y. C. Jung, D. Shimamoto, Dr. H. Muramaysu, Prof. T. Hayashi, Prof. M. Endo Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano-shi 380-853 (Japan) E-mail: (yak@endomoribu.shinshu-u.ac.jp) Dr. M. Terrones IPICYT, Camino a la Presa San José 2055, Col. Lomas 4a, Sección, San Luis Potosi 78216 (México) [**] This work was in part supported by the CLUSTER project (the second stage) and Specially Promoted Research (No. 19002007) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. YAK acknowledges supported from a Grant-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (No. 20510096). ((Supporting Information is available online from Wiley InterScience or from the author)).

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