Synthesis of helically coiled carbon nanotubes by reducing ethyl ether with metallic zinc

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 755-759

  Luo, Tao ^a   Liu, Jianwei ^a   Chen, Luyang ^a   Zeng, Suyuan ^a   Qian, Yitai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

A. Graphitic carbon; B. Chemical treatment; C. Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ETHERS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC;

CHEMICAL TREATMENT; GRAPHITE PHASE; GRAPHITIC CARBON; THERMAL REDUCTION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 13444271967     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.10.048     Document Type: Article

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