Effect of the nanostructure and surface chemistry on the gas adsorption properties of macroscopic multiwalled carbon nanotube ropes

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-88

  Mendoza, E ^a,b   Rodriguez, J ^c   Li, Y ^d   Zhu, Y Q ^d   Poa, C H P ^a   Henley, S J ^a   Romano Rodriguez, A ^c   Morante, J R ^c   Silva, S R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY ICN2   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GAS ABSORPTION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

GAS SENSING MATERIALS; HIGHER DESORPTION ENERGY; POLAR INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 34347349093     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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