Electrical conduction mechanism in Fe70Pd30 catalyzed multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1047-1055

  Aggarwal, Monika ^a   Husain, M ^a   Khan, Samina ^b   Khan, Zishan H ^a  

^a JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Electrical transport; SEM; TEM; Variable range hopping

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRON COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; CHAMBER PRESSURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT; VARIABLE RANGE HOPPING;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

ACETYLENE; GRAPHITE; IRON; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; PALLADIUM 103;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EID: 34748881885     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-006-9191-5     Document Type: Article

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