Pyrolysis in the mesophase: A chemist's approach toward preparing carbon nano- and microparticles

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 124, Issue 44, 2002, Pages 13130-13138

  Gherghel, Lileta ^a   Kübel, Christian ^b   Lieser, Günter ^a   Räder, Hans Joachim ^a   Müllen, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE PHASE;

CROSSLINKING; DEHYDROGENATION; DESORPTION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GRAPHITIZATION; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON;

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; GRAPHITE; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; HEAT; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0037032217     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja020363u     Document Type: Article

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