Effects of different carbon precursors on synthesis of multiwall carbon nanotubes: Purification and Functionalization

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 257, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 7359-7367

  Shirazi, Yaser ^a   Tofighy, Maryam Ahmadzadeh ^a   Mohammadi, Toraj ^a   Pak, Afshin ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbon precursor; Deactivated catalyst; Dispersion; Functionalization; MWCNTs; Purification

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; CATALYSTS; CHARACTERIZATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRON COMPOUNDS; NITRIC ACID; ORGANOMETALLICS; PURIFICATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YARN;

CARBON PRECURSORS; CATALYST PARTICLES; CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; DEACTIVATED CATALYSTS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; IN-SITU OXIDATION; MWCNTS; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSES (TGA);

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 79955614025     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.03.146     Document Type: Article

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