Original Article
  • Polyacrylonitrile based Copolymer Synthesis and Precursor Fiber Spinning for Manufacturing High-performance Carbon Fiber

  • Hyejin Ju*, Minjung Han*, Kyunghyun Song*, Changbeom Jeon*, Hwakyung Jeong*, Min Jeong Kim**, Han Gi Chae*†

  • * School of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
    ** LOTTE Chemical Advanced Materials, LOTTE Chemical, Korea

  • 고성능 탄소섬유 제조를 위한 폴리아크릴로니트릴 기반 공중합 고분자 합성 및 전구체 섬유 방사

  • 주혜진*· 한민정*· 송경현*· 전창범*· 정화경*· 김민정**· 채한기*†

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Correspondence to

  • Han Gi Chae

  • School of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

  • E-mail: hgchae@unist.ac.kr