Ball milling effect on the structure of single-wall carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 42, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 1691-1697

  Pierard, N ^a   Fonseca, A ^a   Colomer, J F ^b   Bossuot, C ^c   Benoit, J M ^d,e   Van Tendeloo, G ^b   Pirard, J P ^c   Nagy, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e INSTITUT DES MATÉRIAUX JEAN ROUXEL   (France)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; B. Grinding; D. Fracture, Mechanical properties, Surface areas

Indexed keywords

BALL MILLING; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRACTURE; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CATALYTIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CCVD); SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES (SWNT); SURFACE ARES; TUBULAR STRUCTURE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 2542504737     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.02.031     Document Type: Article

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