Functionalization of nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes with gallium to form Ga-CN x-multi-wall carbon nanotube hybrid materials

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 32, 2012, Pages

  Simmons, Trevor J ^a,b,c   Hashim, Daniel P ^d   Zhan, Xiaobo ^d   Bravo Sanchez, Mariela ^a   Hahm, Myung Gwan ^d   López Luna, Edgar ^a   Linhardt, Robert J ^b,c   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^d   Navarro Contreras, Hugo ^a   Vidal, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE HYBRIDS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; II-IV SEMICONDUCTORS; NITROGEN ATOM; NITROGEN-DOPED; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

GALLIUM NITRIDE; HYBRID MATERIALS; NITROGEN; PHOTOELECTRONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84864398535     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/32/325601     Document Type: Article

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