Templating effect of hydrogen-passivated silicon nanowires in the production of hydrocarbon nanotubes and nanoonions via sonochemical reactions with common organic solvents under ambient conditions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 124, Issue 50, 2002, Pages 14856-14857

  Sun, Xu Hui ^a   Li, Chi Pui ^a   Wong, Ning Bew ^a   Lee, Chun Sing ^a   Lee, Shuit Tong ^a   Teo, Boon Keng ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUBE;

EID: 0037132587     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0283706     Document Type: Article

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