Heterodoped nanotubes: Theory, synthesis, and characterization of phosphorus - Nitrogen doped multiwalled carbon nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 441-448

  Cruz Silva, Eduardo ^a   Cullen, David A ^b   Gu, Lin ^b   Romo Herrera, Jose Manuel ^a   Muñoz Sandoval, Emilio ^a   López Urías, Florentino ^a   Sumpter, Bobby G ^c   Meunier, Vincent ^c   Charlier, Jean Christophe ^d   Smith, David J ^b   Terrones, Humberto ^a   Terrones, Mauricio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chemical vapor deposition; Doping; Electronic structure; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CUBIC BORON NITRIDE; FULLERENES; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PIGMENTS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

(E ,2E) THEORY; BENZYL AMINE; FERROCENE (FC); IRON PHOSPHIDE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MW-CNT); NITROGEN DOPING; SYNTHESIS (OF CHIRAL IONIC LIQUIDS);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHORUS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 45149128700     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn700330w     Document Type: Article

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