Carbonization of wood and nanostructures formed from the cell wall

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 933-935

  Xie, Xinfeng ^a   Goodell, Barry ^a   Daniel, Geoffrey ^b   Qian, Yuhui ^a   Jellison, Jody ^a   Peterson, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c The University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Damascus steel; Oxidative carbonization; Sword; Wood

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; CELL WALLS; DAMASCUS STEEL; OXIDATIVE CARBONIZATION; SWORD;

CARBONIZATION; CELL MEMBRANES; COKE; NANOSTRUCTURES; STEEL; WOOD;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; STEEL; WOOD;

CARBON; CARBONIZATION; CELLS; COKE; MEMBRANES; STEEL; WOOD;

EID: 70349290566     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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