Soluble ultra-short single-walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 32, 2006, Pages 10568-10571

  Chen, Zheyi ^a   Kobashi, Kazufumi ^a   Rauwald, Urs ^a   Booker, Richard ^a   Fan, Hua ^a   Hwang, Wen Fang ^a   Tour, James M ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATION; COPOLYMERS; MIXTURES; NITRIC ACID; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOLUBILITY; SULFURIC ACID;

OLEUM; SCALABLE PROCESS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWNTS); SUPERACID;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; COPOLYMER; NANOTUBE; NITRIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SOLVENT; SULFUR; WATER;

ARTICLE; CARBOXYLATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS;

EID: 33747623072     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja063283p     Document Type: Article

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