Carbon nanotube length reduction techniques, and characterisation of oxidation state using quasi-elastic light scattering

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 862-868

  Chowdhury, D F ^a   Cui, Z F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISATION; DRY MILLING; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONALISATION; HIGH ENERGY; NANOTUBE LENGTHS; OXIDATION STATE; QUASI-ELASTIC LIGHT SCATTERING; SIZE REDUCTIONS; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; WET MILLING;

CARBON NANOTUBES; MILLING (MACHINING); REFRACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCATTERING;

DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 78650243148     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.10.030     Document Type: Article

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