Oxidation of single-walled carbon nanotubes in dilute aqueous solutions by ozone as affected by ultrasound

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 466-475

  Li, Minghua ^a   Boggs, Mary ^a   Beebe, Thomas P ^a   Huang, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILUTION; OXIDATION; OZONE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DILUTE AQUEOUS OZONE; SURFACE OXIDATION;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 40649084025     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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