Shortened double-walled carbon nanotubes by high-energy ball milling

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 618-633

  Smart, S K ^a   Ren, W C ^b   Cheng, H M ^b   Lu, G Q ^a   Martin, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Ball milling; Double walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

BALL MILLING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDATION; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HIGH ENERGY BALL MILLING;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 34748878283     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2007.014756     Document Type: Conference Paper

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