Flame synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2295-2307

  Height, Murray J ^a   Howard, Jack B ^a   Tester, Jefferson W ^a   Sande, John B Vander ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; B. Combustion; C. Electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMBUSTION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION KINETICS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FLAME SYNTHESIS; HEIGHT ABOVE BURNERS (HAB); PYROLYSIS FLAME; SINGLE-WALLED NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 3142767050     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

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