Purification and size-selection of carbon nanotubes

Advanced Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 827-831

  Bonard, Jean Marc ^a   Stora, Thierry ^a   Salvetat, Jean Paul ^a   Maier, Frédéric ^a   Stöckli, Thomas ^a   Duschl, Claus ^a   Forró, László ^a   De Heer, Walt A ^b   Châtelain, André ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHASE SEPARATION; PURIFICATION; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; STABILIZERS (AGENTS); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

OPTICAL PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY;

FULLERENES;

EID: 0031559470     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.19970091014     Document Type: Article

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