Functionalisation of aligned carbon nanotubes with nitric acid vapour

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 704-708

  Shulga, E ^a,b   Pohako, K ^a   Treshchalov, A ^a   Joost, U ^a,b   Kisand, V ^a   Kink, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Estonian Nanotechnology Competence Center   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; CUTTING-OFF; FOURIER; FTIR; FUNCTIONALISATION; LOW TEMPERATURES; OXYGEN-TO-CARBON RATIO; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; TREATMENT DURATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

NITRIC ACID;

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE; CARBON NANOTUBE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYL GROUP; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NITRIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MORPHOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REACTION TIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80052749462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2011.0357     Document Type: Article

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