The effect of pre-treatment methods on morphology and size distribution of multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 33, 2008, Pages

  Park, Hye Jin ^a,b   Park, Min ^a   Chang, Ji Young ^b   Lee, Hyunjung ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; COLLOIDS; CUTTING TOOLS; GELATION; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYMERS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CUTTING PROCESSES; GEL-PERMEATION-CHROMATOGRAPHY (GPC); HIGH-PURITY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MW-CNT); OXIDATION PROCESSES; PRE TREATMENT METHODS; TREATMENT METHODS; TWO DIFFERENT METHODS; WELL-DISPERSED SOLUTIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ADSORBATE; ADSORBENT; NANOWIRE; OXYGEN; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONDUCTANCE; DESORPTION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ILLUMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE CHARGE LIMITED CURRENT;

EID: 47349084525     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/33/335702     Document Type: Article

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