A study on the effect of different chemical routes on functionalization of mwcnts by various groups (-COOH, -SO 3H, -PO 3H 2)

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-9

  Kumar, Pawan ^a   Park, Jin Soo ^b   Randhawa, Prabhsharan ^a   Sharma, Sandeep ^a   Shin, Mun Sik ^b   Sekhon, Satpal Singh ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Sangmyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Dispersion; Functionalization; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ROUTES; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; DEFECT CONCENTRATIONS; DOUBLE-STEP; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; FUNCTIONALIZATION; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES; MICROWAVE TREATMENT; PROTON CONDUCTING MEMBRANES; RAMAN DATA; SINGLE-STEP; SURFACTANT; TRITON X-100; ULTRA-SONICATION;

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NITRIC ACID; PHOSPHORIC ACID; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFURIC ACID; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

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EID: 84862908691     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-583     Document Type: Article

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