Selective oxidation of single-walled carbon nanotubes using carbon dioxide

Carbon

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1221-1230

  Smith Jr , Milton R ^a   Hedges, Sheila W ^a   LaCount, Robert ^b   Kern, Douglas ^b   Shah, Naresh ^c   Huffman, Gerald P ^c   Bockrath, Bradley ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Virolac Industries   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; B. Oxidation; C. Thermal analysis (DTG and TGA); D. Reactivity

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRIC ACID; OXIDATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

SELECTIVE OXIDATION;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 0038076035     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(03)00054-X     Document Type: Article

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