Mechanical and NH3 sensing properties of long multi-walled carbon nanotube ropes

Carbon

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1821-1825

  Li, Y H ^a   Zhao, Y M ^a   Zhu, Y Q ^a   Rodriguez, J ^b   Morante, J R ^b   Mendoza, E ^c   Poa, C H P ^c   Silva, S R P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Carbon nanotubes; Chemical vapour deposition; Scanning electron microscopy; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EXOTHERMAL ABSORPTION; FLOATING CATALYST; SENSING PROPERTIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33747621387     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.12.032     Document Type: Article

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