The effect of substituted alkynes on nickel catalyst morphology and carbon fiber growth

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1099-1108

  Shaikjee, Ahmed ^a   Coville, Neil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-OCTYNE; 1-PENTYNE; CARBON FIBER GROWTH; CARBON NANOMATERIALS; CARBON SOURCE; CATALYST MORPHOLOGY; CATALYST PARTICLES; DIRECT TREATMENT; ETHYNYL; FIBER GROWTH; FIBER MORPHOLOGY; NANOMATERIAL; NI CATALYSTS; NICKEL CATALYST; NIO CATALYSTS; PRE-TREATMENT; STRAIGHT FIBERS; TRIMETHYLSILYL; Y-JUNCTIONS;

ACETYLENE; CATALYSTS; FIBERS; LIGHTING; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 84155162511     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.10.020     Document Type: Article

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