End morphology of ball milled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2001-2008

  Kónya, Zoltan ^a   Zhu, Ji ^b   Niesz, Krisztian ^a   Mehn, Dora ^a   Kiricsi, Imre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; B. Grinding; C. Transmission electron microscopy; D. Defects

Indexed keywords

BALL MILLING; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEFECTS; GAS FUEL STORAGE; GRINDING (MACHINING); MORPHOLOGY; PURIFICATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZEOLITES;

DEFECT SITES; MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; PYROLYTIC CARBON;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 17944390140     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.03.040     Document Type: Article

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