Generation of cabbage-shaped nanocarbons using arc discharge in a foam

IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 300-302

  Kim, Yuichi ^a   Nishikawa, Eiichi ^a   Kioka, Toshihide ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arc discharge; Foam; Nanocarbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949213950     PISSN: 19314973     EISSN: 19314981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tee.20407     Document Type: Letter

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