Influence of methylimidazole isomers on ferrocene-catalysed nitrogen doped carbon nanotube synthesis

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Volumn 695, Issue 10-11, 2010, Pages 1451-1457

  Nxumalo, Edward N ^a   Chabalala, Vongani P ^a   Nyamori, Vincent O ^c   Witcomb, Michael J ^b   Coville, Neil J ^a  

^a School of Chemistry   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bamboo compartment; Ferrocene; Methylimidazoles; Nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes; Shaped carbon nanomaterials

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOMATERIALS; FERROCENES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METHYLIMIDAZOLE; MULTI-WALLED; N CONTENT; NITROGEN DOPED CARBON NANOTUBES; NITROGEN-DOPED; QUARTZ TUBES; TEM;

BAMBOO; IRON COMPOUNDS; ISOMERS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NITROGEN; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77953289421     PISSN: 0022328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2010.02.028     Document Type: Article

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