Structural studies of purified double walled carbon nanotubes (DWNTs) using phase restored high-resolution imaging

Carbon

Volumn 42, Issue 12-13, 2004, Pages 2527-2533

  Costa, Pedro M F J ^a   Friedrichs, Steffi ^a   Sloan, Jeremy ^a   Green, Malcolm L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arc discharge; Carbon nanotubes; Microstructure; Thermal analysis; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARC DISCHARGE; DOUBLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (DWNT); ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS (EA); PHASE RESTORATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 4043075577     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.05.029     Document Type: Article

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