A facile and rapid purification method for single-walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 660-662

  Nepal, Dhriti ^a   Kim, Dong Sik ^a   Geckeler, Kurt E ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; C. Scanning electron microscopy; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; IRRADIATION; OXIDATION; POLYMERS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FINE SOLUTIONS; METAL RESIDUES; PURIFICATION METHOD; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWNT);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 10844278206     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.10.012     Document Type: Article

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