The influence of synthesis parameters on the production of multiwalled carbon nanotubes by the ferrocene catalyzed pyrolysis of toluene

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 339-352

  Liu, Xin Ying ^a   Huang, Bi Chun ^a   Coville, Neil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Ferrocene; SEM; TEM; Toluene

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; IRON; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS; TOLUENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

OLIGOMERIZATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0036910415     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/FST-120016454     Document Type: Article

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