Carbon nanotubes from polyethylene precursors: Structure and structural changes caused by thermal and chemical treatment revealed by HREM

Carbon

Volumn 36, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 1149-1157

  Kiselev, N A ^a   Sloan, J ^b   Zakharov, D N ^a   Kukovitskii, E F ^c   Hutchison, J L ^b   Hammer, J ^b   Kotosonov, A S ^d  

^a SHUBNIKOV INSTITUTE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ZAVOISKY PHYSICAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d Res Inst of Struct Graphite Mat   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; B. pyrolysis; C. transmission electron microscopy (TEM); D. catalytic properties; D. microstructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000376737     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(98)00092-X     Document Type: Article

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