Carbon nanotubes: A review of chemistry principles and reactions

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 138-151

  Moradi, O ^a   Yari, M ^b   Zare, K ^c,d   Mirza, B ^e   Najafi, F ^f  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^f ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; covalent chemistry of CNTs; covalent fictionalization

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY PRINCIPLES; COVALENT CHEMISTRY; COVALENT FICTIONALIZATION; ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTY; FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; NANO-METER SCALE; NON-COVALENT FUNCTIONALIZATION; REINFORCING AGENT; STRUCTURE , PROPERTIES;

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84856947181     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1536383X.2010.533312     Document Type: Review

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