In situ measurements of nanotube dimensions in suspensions by depolarized dynamic light scattering

Langmuir

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 10367-10370

  Badaire, Stéphane ^a   Poulin, Philippe ^a   Maugey, Maryse ^a   Zakri, Cécile ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON NANOTUBES; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN;

AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS (ACF); DEPOLARIZED LIGHT; SONICATION;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION SCATTERING;

LIGHT; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

DISPERSIONS; OPTICAL SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RESISTIVITY; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 10044295023     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la049096r     Document Type: Article

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