Nanotubes in Microwave Fields: Light Emission, Intense Heat, Outgassing, and Reconstruction

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 3969-3970

  Imholt, T J ^a   Dyke, C A ^b   Hasslacher, B ^c   Perez, J M ^a   Price, D W ^b   Roberts, J A ^a   Scott, J B ^a   Wadhawan, A ^a   Ye, Z ^a   Tour, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute for Physical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGASSING; LIGHT EMISSION; WELDING;

MICROWAVE FIELDS;

NANOTUBES;

ARTICLE; HEAT; HEAT TRANSFER; LIGHT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; WELDING;

EID: 10744221595     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm034530g     Document Type: Article

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