A significant improvement of both yield and purity during SWCNT synthesis via the electric arc process

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1651-1661

  Mansour, A ^a,b   Razafinimanana, M ^a   Monthioux, M ^b   Pacheco, M ^a,c   Gleizes, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CEMES CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ELECTRIC ARCS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOPHASES; HETEROGENEOUS ANODES; POWDER MIXTURES;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 34347247304     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2007.03.044     Document Type: Article

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