Reduced damage to carbon nanotubes during ultrasound-assisted dispersion as a result of supercritical-fluid treatment

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 633-636

  Jung, Woo Ram ^a   Choi, Jin Hyuk ^a   Lee, Naesung ^a   Shin, Kwanwoo ^b   Moon, Jun Hyuk ^c   Seo, Young Soo ^a  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SURFACTANT SOLUTIONS; PRETREATMENT METHODS; SUPERCRITICAL CO; SUPERCRITICAL ETHANE; ULTRA-SONICATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DISPERSIONS; ETHANE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; ULTRASONICS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 80055097623     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.08.075     Document Type: Article

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