Functionalization of carbon nanofibers through electron beam irradiation

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2037-2046

  Evora, M C ^a,b   Klosterman, D ^b,c   Lafdi, K ^b,c   Li, L ^c   Abot, J L ^d  

^a Instituto de Estudos Avancados   (Brazil)

^b University of Dayton   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFM IMAGE; BET ANALYSIS; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; IRRADIATED SAMPLES; MEV-ELECTRONS; RADIATION PROCESS; SEM; SURFACE AREA; TEM; THERMAL STABILITY; XPS ANALYSIS;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; ELECTRON BEAMS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; IRRADIATION; OXYGEN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION;

EID: 77949489782     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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