A simple and highly effective process for the purification of single-walled carbon nanotubes synthesized with arc-discharge

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3544-3549

  Cho, Hyeon Gu ^a   Kim, Sang Won ^a   Lim, Hyeong Jun ^a   Yun, Chang Hoon ^b   Lee, Heon Sang ^b   Park, Chong Rae ^a  

^a Research Institute of Advanced Materials   (South Korea)

^b LG Chemical Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS ACIDS; ARC DISCHARGE; CARBON NANO PARTICLES; CONVENTIONAL ACIDS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INITIAL COMPOSITION; METALLIC CATALYSTS; NEW PROCESS; PURIFICATION METHOD; PURIFICATION PROCESS; REMOVAL OF IMPURITIES; X RAY DIFFRACTOMETRY;

ACIDS; AMORPHOUS CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CAVITY RESONATORS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FILTRATION; PURIFICATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 70349226643     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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