Near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy-assisted purification of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 6-7 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 711-716

  Yan, Dong Wei ^a   Zhong, Jun ^b   Wang, Chun Ru ^a   Wu, Zi Yu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Near edge X ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; Single walled carbon nanotube; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; CATALYSTS; PURIFICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLVENTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

ACIDIC SOLVENTS; METAL CATALYSTS; RAW SOOT;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 34547590397     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.02.019     Document Type: Article

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