A fast effective route to pH-dependent water-dispersion of oxidized single-walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 587-590

  Arrais, Aldo ^a   Diana, Eliano ^a   Pezzini, Dario ^b   Rossetti, Rosanna ^a   Boccaleri, Enrico ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Oxidation; Raman spectroscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; Surface properties

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; LIQUID METALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BIOCAMPATIBLE NANOSTRUCTURES; SCHLENK TUBES; SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWNT); TETRAHYDROFURAN (THF);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 27744581286     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.10.012     Document Type: Letter

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