Combined electron microscopy and spectroscopy characterization of as-received, acid purified, and oxidized HiPCO single-wall carbon nanotubes

Materials Characterization

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1442-1453

  Rosario Castro, Belinda I ^a   Contés, Enid J ^a   Lebrón Colón, Marisabel ^b   Meador, Michael A ^b   Sánchez Pomales, Germarie ^a   Cabrera, Carlos R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; Single wall carbon nanotubes; SWCNTs chemical oxidation; SWCNTs purification; Thermogravimetric analysis; Transmission electron microscopy; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; COMMERCIAL SOURCES; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; PHYSICAL COMPOSITION; PURIFICATION PROCEDURES; PURIFICATION PROCESS; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; SURFACE CHEMICAL MODIFICATIONS; SWCNTS CHEMICAL OXIDATION; SWCNTS PURIFICATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

ACIDS; ANODIC OXIDATION; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STABILITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; PURIFICATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 70350575168     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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