In situ formation of noble metal nanoparticles on multiwalled carbon nanotubes and its implication in metal-nanotube interactions

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 875-884

  Scarselli, Manuela ^a   Camilli, Luca ^a   Castrucci, Paola ^a   Nanni, Francesca ^a   Del Gobbo, Silvano ^a   Gautron, Eric ^b   Lefrant, Serge ^b   De Crescenzi, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DES MATÉRIAUX JEAN ROUXEL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AG AND CU NANOPARTICLES; COMPARATIVE MEASUREMENTS; DEPOSITED METAL; IN-SITU FORMATIONS; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; NOBLE METAL NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE COMPOSITION; PARTICLE DENSITIES; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELECTED METALS; SIMPLE METHOD; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY STUDIES;

CARBON; GOLD; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; SILVER; THERMAL EVAPORATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84155170972     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.09.048     Document Type: Article

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