Effect of laser intensity on yield and physical characteristics of single wall carbon nanotubes produced by the Nd:YAG laser vaporization method

Carbon

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 2835-2842

  Braidy, N ^a   El Khakani, M A ^a   Botton, G A ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b CANMET MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Electron microscopy; Laser irradiation; Microstructure; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEODYMIUM LASERS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPORIZATION;

LASER VAPORIZATION METHOD;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0036408341     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(02)00260-9     Document Type: Article

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