Dissolution of pristine single walled carbon nanotubes in superacids by direct protonation

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 108, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 8794-8798

  Ramesh, Sivarajan ^a   Ericson, Lars M ^a   Davis, Virginia A ^b   Saini, Rajesh K ^a   Kittrell, Carter ^a   Pasquali, Matteo ^b   Billups, W E ^a   Adams, W Wade ^a   Hauge, Robert H ^a   Smalley, Richard E ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE ENERGY; PHOTONATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUPERACIDS;

ALIGNMENT; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; QUENCHING; SULFURIC ACID; THIN FILMS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 3142673616     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp036971t     Document Type: Article

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