Effect of surface modifications on the decoration of multi-walled carbon nanotubes with ruthenium nanoparticles

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1599-1605

  Lu, Jinshan ^a  

^a NANCHANG HANGKONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; DECORATION; MONOLAYERS; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEATION; RUTHENIUM; SURFACE TREATMENT;

ACTIVATION; ACTIVE SITES; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE (SDS); SURFACE ADSORPTION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 34250797382     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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