Filling carbon nanotubes with metals by the arc-discharge method: The key role of sulfur

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-157

  Demoncy, N ^a,b   Stephan O ^c   Brun, N ^c   Colliex, C ^c,d   Loiseau, A ^b   Pascard, H ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SOLIDES IRRADIÉS   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

Author keywords

61.16.Bg Transmission, reflection and scanning electron microscopy (including EBIC); 81.05.Tp Fullerenes and related materials; diamonds, graphite

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GERMANIUM; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SULFUR; TRANSITION METALS;

ARC-DISCHARGE METHOD; NANOWIRES;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 0031618912     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100510050363     Document Type: Article

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