Economic and environmental tradeoffs in SWNT production

2006 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show - NSTI Nanotech 2006 Technical Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 412-415

  Healy, M L ^a   Tanwani, A ^a   Isaacs, J A ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic; Environmental; Nanotubes; SWNT

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC COMPARISON; ENVIRONMENTAL TRADEOFFS; HEALTH IMPACTS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES;

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECONOMICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROCESS CONTROL;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33845188679     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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