Scalable synthesis of aligned carbon nanotubes bundles using green natural precursor: Neem oil

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Tiwari, Radhey Shyam ^a   Srivastava, Onkar Nath ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON COMPOUNDS; ORGANOMETALLICS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; HYDROCARBONS; QUARTZ; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; HIGH-RESOLUTION TEM ANALYSIS; INNER DIAMETERS; LARGE SCALE PREPARATION; MULTI-WALLED CNTS; SCALABLE SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; AS-GROWN; CARBON SOURCE; FERROCENES; HIGH DENSITY; HIGH YIELD; MULTI-WALLED; NEEM OIL; QUARTZ TUBES; SEM IMAGE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA;

EID: 84255173408     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-92     Document Type: Article

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