Points of onset of gasification in a multi-walled carbon nanotube having an imperfect structure

Carbon

Volumn 42, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 1635-1639

  Shimada, Taihei ^a   Yanase, Hironori ^a   Morishita, Kayoko ^a,b   Hayashi, Jun Ichiro ^a   Chiba, Tadatoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; B. Gasification, Oxidation; C. Transmission electron microscopy; D. Reactivity

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRACKS; GASIFICATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; REACTIVITY; STRUCTURAL DEFECTS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 2542425858     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.02.019     Document Type: Article

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