Solvothermal synthesis of carbon nitrogen nanotubes and nanofibers

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1658-1663

  Mu, Tiancheng ^a,b   Huang, Jun ^b   Liu, Zhimin ^b   Li, Zhonghao ^b   Han, Buxing ^b  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NITROGEN; SODIUM METALLOGRAPHY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CARBON NITROGEN NANOTUBES; CYANURIC CHLORIDE; CYCLOHEXANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE (HCB); NANOFIBERS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33747455657     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0209     Document Type: Article

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