Doubly functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes with enhanced solubility

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2552-2555

  Rosca, Iosif D ^a,b   Barsan, Mirela M ^a   Butler, Ian S ^a   Kozinski, Janusz A ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 67349154758     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.05.019     Document Type: Letter

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