Synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes by induction thermal plasma

Nano Research

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 800-817

  Kim, Keun Su ^a   Moradian, Ala ^b   Mostaghimi, Javad ^b   Alinejad, Yasaman ^a   Shahverdi, Ali ^a   Simard, Benoit ^c   Soucy, Gervais ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Large scale continuous synthesis; Numerical modeling; Optimization; Radio frequency (RF) induction thermal plasma; Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350596004     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-009-9085-9     Document Type: Article

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