Original Article
  • Thermoelectric Behavior of Polyurethane Sponges Functionalized with Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube Ink

  • In-Sik Jo*, Ji-Hun Lee*, Kyungwho Choi*†, Dahoon Ahn**†

  • * School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University
    ** Department of Mechanical System Design Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology

  • 다중벽 탄소나노튜브 잉크로 기능화된 폴리우레탄 스펀지의 열전 거동

  • 조인식* · 이지훈* · 최경후*† · 안다훈**†

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Correspondence to

  • Kyungwho Choi*, Dahoon Ahn**

  • * School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University
    ** Department of Mechanical System Design Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology

  • E-mail: kw.choi@skku.edu, dhahn@seoultech.ac.kr