Special Issue
  • Energy-Efficient Recovery of Carbon Fibers: Mechanical and Interfacial Property Analysis

  • Dongki Oh*, Jisu Jeong**, Munju Goh**†

  • * Research Infrastructure Utilization Center, FITI Testing & Research Institute, Korea
    ** Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, Korea

  • 에너지 효율적인 탄소섬유 재활용 공정 및 기계적·계면 특성 분석

  • 오동기* · 정지수** · 고문주**†

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Correspondence to

  • Munju Goh

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, Korea

  • E-mail: mgoh@konkuk.ac.kr