A review of the large-scale production of carbon nanotubes: The practice of nanoscale process engineering

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 157-166

  Huang, JiaQi ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a   Zhao, MengQiang ^a   Wei, Fei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; chemical vapor deposition; mass production; nanotechnology; process engineering; synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856098165     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4879-z     Document Type: Review

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