Direct confirmation that carbon nanotubes still react covalently after removal of acid-oxidative lattice fragments

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 916-918

  Wang, Zhaowei ^a   Korobeinyk, Alina ^a   Whitby, Raymond L D ^a   Meikle, Stephen T ^a   Mikhalovsky, Sergey V ^a   Acquah, Steve F A ^b   Kroto, Harold W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID-BASE TITRATION; AMIDATION REACTION; CARBODIIMIDES; CARBOXYLIC GROUP; COVALENTLY BOUND; INTERMEDIATE STATE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; TITRATION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 71649090644     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.10.025     Document Type: Letter

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