Synthesis and morphology of carbon microcoils produced using methane as a carbon source

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1592-1595

  Yang, Shaoming ^a   Hasegawa, M ^a   Chen, Xiuqin ^a   Motojima, S ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 34249697417     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2007.02.019     Document Type: Letter

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