Catalyst restructuring studies: The facile synthesis of tripod-like carbon fibers by the decomposition of trichloroethylene

Materials Letters

Volumn 68, Issue , 2012, Pages 273-276

  Shaikjee, Ahmed ^a   Coville, Neil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon fibers; Catalyst restructuring; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER GROWTH; CARBON SOURCE; CATALYST MORPHOLOGY; CATALYST PARTICLES; FACILE SYNTHESIS; TEM ANALYSIS;

ANESTHETICS; CATALYSTS; FIBERS; MORPHOLOGY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 81255184405     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2011.10.083     Document Type: Article

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