Rapid surface functionalization of iron-filled multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3328-3335

  Hsin, Yu Lin ^a   Lai, Jyun Yi ^a   Hwang, Kuo Chu ^a   Lo, Shen Chuan ^b   Chen, Fu Rong ^a   Kai, J J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Chemical structure; Chemical treatment; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); IRON; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MICROWAVES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYSTYRENES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL TREATMENT; MULTI WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCNT); POLYACRYLAMIDES; POLYACRYLIC ACIDS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33750310134     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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