Preparation and characterisation of novel "sea-cucumber"-like structures containing carbon and boron

Carbon

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2223-2231

  Lozano Castello D ^a,b   Kamalakaran, R ^a   Van Benthem, K ^a,c   Phillipp, Y Jin ^a   Grobert, N ^a,d   Ruhle M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Catalytically grown carbon material; B. Pyrolysis; C. Electron energy loss spectroscopy, Scanning electron microscopy, Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BORON; CATALYSIS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARC DISCHARGE; CATALYTICALLY GROWN CARBON MATERIALS; HOLLOW STRUCTURES; SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

CARBON;

EID: 3142712527     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.04.029     Document Type: Article

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