Selective filling of carbon nanotubes with metals by selective washing

Xinxing Tan Cailiao/ New Carbon Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-20

  Fu, Qiang ^a   Weinberg, Gisela ^a   Su, Dang Sheng ^a  

^a FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Carbon nanotubes; Metal particles; Selective filling

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; IMPREGNATION; METALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASHING; YARN;

CATALYST PARTICLES; CO AND NI; FILLED CARBON NANOTUBES; IMPREGNATION SOLUTION; METAL PARTICLE; SELECTIVE FILLING; SIMPLE++; STRAIGHT-FORWARD METHOD; TWO STEP METHOD; WASHING SOLUTION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 53649101804     PISSN: 20971605     EISSN: 18725805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1872-5805(08)60008-6     Document Type: Article

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