Isolation and identification of low molecular weight carboxylated carbons derived from the nitric acid treatment of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 4982-4986

  Worsley, Kimberly A ^a,b   Kondrat, Richard W ^a   Pal, Sushanta K ^a,b   Kalinina, Irina ^a,b   Haddon, Robert C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOTUBES; NITRIC ACID; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; YARN;

CONCENTRATED NITRIC ACID; ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITRIC ACID TREATMENT; ORGANIC NITRO COMPOUNDS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS); SOXHLET EXTRACTION; TETRAHYDROFURANS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84857033028     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.06.040     Document Type: Article

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