Comparison of structural changes in nitrogen and boron-doped multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3033-3041

  Koós, Antal A ^a   Dillon, Frank ^a   Obraztsova, Ekaterina A ^a,b   Crossley, Alison ^a   Grobert, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEFECT DENSITY; NANOTUBES; NITROGEN; YARN;

BORON CONTENT; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; ELECTRONIC COMPONENT; NANOTUBE DIAMETERS; PRECURSOR CONCENTRATION; REACTION PARAMETERS; TOLUENE MIXTURES; TRIETHYLBORANE;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 79955024109     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.04.026     Document Type: Article

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