Decorating multiwalled carbon nanotubes with zinc oxide nano-crystallines through hydrothermal growth process

Science China Technological Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1365-1370

  Li, Chen Sha ^a   Qiao, Ying Jie ^b   Li, Yu Ming ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XEROX RESEARCH CENTRE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Hydrothermal growth; Transmission electron microscopy; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOMAGNETISM; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; OXIDE MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSIONS; ZINC METALLOGRAPHY; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

CHEMICAL SOLUTION ROUTE; HEXAGONAL CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; NANOCRYSTALLINES; SCANNING ELECTRONS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84862801609     PISSN: 16747321     EISSN: 18691900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-012-4787-8     Document Type: Article

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