Adsorption of NH3 and NO2 molecules on carbon nanotubes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 3863-3865

  Chang, Hyunju ^a   Lee, Jae Do ^a   Lee, Seung Mi ^b,c   Lee, Young Hee ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

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EID: 0035803253     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1424069     Document Type: Article

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