Temperature effect on the synthesis of multi-walled carbon nanotubes by spray pyrolysis of botanical carbon feedstocks: Turpentine, α-pinene and β-pinene

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 483-496

  Lara Romero, J ^a   Calva Yanez J C ^a   Lopez Tinoco J ^a   Alonso Nunez G ^b   Jimenez Sandoval S ^c   Paraguay Delgado, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Multi walled carbon nanotubes; spray pyrolysis; turpentine; pinene; pinene

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MONOTERPENES; OLEFINS; ORGANOMETALLICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TURPENTINE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YARN;

ACTIVE COMPONENTS; CARBON FEEDSTOCK; CARBON SOURCE; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRONS; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 79958086033     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1536383X.2010.494785     Document Type: Article

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