Carbon nanotubes in wood soot

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 93-95

  Murr, L E ^a   Guerrero, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Transmission electron microscopy; Wood soot

Indexed keywords

FULLERENE; SOOT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 33845775289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.138     Document Type: Article

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