Postsynthesis microwave treatment to give high-purity multiwalled carbon nanotubes

AIChE Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3303-3307

  Liu, Jun ^a   Dunens, Oscar M ^a   Mackenzie, Kieran J ^a   See, Chee Howe ^a   Harris, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Fluidized bed chemical vapor deposition; Microwave assisted acid digestion; MWNT; Purification

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049112121     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11641     Document Type: Article

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