Scanning electron microscopy study of carbon nanotubes heated at high temperatures in air

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 186-189

  Lu, Xuekun ^a   Ausman, Kevin D ^a   Piner, Richard D ^a   Ruoff, Rodney S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARBON; GOLD; HEAT TREATMENT; LITHOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; TOPOLOGY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

KINK SITES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWNT);

NANOTUBES;

EID: 0032621528     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.370715     Document Type: Article

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