Microstructural investigations on zirconium oxide-carbon nanotube composites synthesized by hydrothermal crystallization

Carbon

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1995-1999

  Lupo, F ^a   Kamalakaran, R ^a   Scheu, C ^a   Grobert, N ^a   Ruhle M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; B. Pyrolysis; C. Hydrothermal treatment; D. Transmission electron microscopy; E. Microstructure

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; PYROLYSIS; STIFFNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CRACK DEFLECTION; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENT; MULTI-WALLED NANOTUBES (MWNT); NANOTUBE DEBONDING;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 3042852624     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.03.037     Document Type: Article

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