Isotropic-nematic phase transition of single-walled carbon nanotubes in strong acids

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 591-595

  Rai, Pradeep K ^a,b   Pinnick, Robert A ^a,b   Parra Vasquez, A Nicholas G ^a,b   Davis, Virginia A ^a,b   Schmidt, Howard K ^a   Hauge, Robert H ^a   Smalley, Richard E ^a   Pasquali, Matteo ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

CRITICAL CONCENTRATION; ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC TRANSITION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWNT);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ACID; CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 31544453114     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja055847f     Document Type: Article

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