Nitric Acid Purification of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 107, Issue 50, 2003, Pages 13838-13842

  Hu, Hui ^a   Zhao, Bin ^a   Itkis, Mikhail E ^a   Haddon, Robert C ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC ARCS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NITRIC ACID; OXIDATION; PURIFICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBES (SWNT);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0347568200     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp035719i     Document Type: Article

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