Characterization of graphene nanoribbons from the unzipping of MWCNTs

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-272

  Cataldo, Franco ^a,b   Compagnini, Giuseppe ^c   D'Urso, Luisa ^c   Palleschi, Giuseppe ^b   Valentini, Federica ^b   Angelini, Giancarlo ^d   Braun, Tibor ^e  

^a Soc Lupi Chem Research Institute   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

FT IR; Graphene nanoribbons; MWCNTs; oxidation; Raman; TEM; thermal analysis; unzipping reaction

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; CARBON SOOT; EXPLOSIVE DECOMPOSITION; FT-IR; FT-IR SPECTRUM; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; GRAPHITE OXIDE; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; IR AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; NANORIBBONS; RAMAN STUDIES; REFERENCE MATERIAL; TEM; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMO-BALANCE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DECOMPOSITION; GRAPHENE; HYDRAZINE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OXIDATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GRAPHITE;

EID: 77954296635     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15363831003782981     Document Type: Article

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