Carbon nanotubes from organometallic precursors

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 998-1007

  Rao, C N R ^a   Govindaraj, A ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; CARBON; COBALT COMPLEX; FERROCENE; HYDROCARBON; NICKEL COMPLEX; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PHTHALOCYANINE DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; FLOW RATE; MATERIAL STATE; MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CARBON; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; PROTEINS;

EID: 0036928739     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar0101584     Document Type: Article

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