A novel purification method of carbon nanotubes by high-temperature treatment with tetrachloromethane

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 331-336

  Barkauskas, J ^a   Stankeviciene I ^a   Selskis, A ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Chemical vapor deposition; Electron microscopy; Surface characterization

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; CARBON PHASE; CARBON PHASIS; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; FE CATALYST; FERROCENES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE TREATMENT; MAGNETIC BALANCE; MODERN TECHNOLOGIES; NANO-STRUCTURED; O-XYLENE; PURIFICATION METHOD; SEM; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION; SURFACE STATE; TETRACHLOROMETHANES; THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONS;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CHLORINE; CONTACT ANGLE; IRON COMPOUNDS; METHANE; NANOSTRUCTURES; POWDER COATINGS; PURIFICATION; PYROLYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); XYLENE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 76749142964     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2009.12.019     Document Type: Article

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