Pressure-induced single-walled carbon nanotube (n,m) selectivity on Co-Mo catalysts

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 111, Issue 40, 2007, Pages 14612-14616

  Wang, Bo ^a   Wei, Li ^a   Yao, Lu ^a   Li, Lain Jong ^b   Yang, Yanhui ^a   Chen, Yuan ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSTS; CHIRALITY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

CHIRAL TUBES; SELECTIVE GROWTH; THEORETICAL MODELS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 35548941203     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0762525     Document Type: Article

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