Purification process for single-wall carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1477-1488

  Strong, Karla L ^a   Anderson, David P ^b   Lafdi, Khalid ^b   Kuhn, John N ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; C. Raman spectroscopy; Thermal analysis; Transmission electron microscopy; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

HEAT TREATMENT; PURIFICATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOOXIDATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCT);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0038180810     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(03)00014-9     Document Type: Article

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