Dispersion of single walled carbon nanotubes in amidine solvents

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 34, 2012, Pages

  Barman, S N ^a   Pan, D ^b   Vosgueritchian, M ^a   Zoombelt, A P ^a   Galli, G ^b   Bao, Z ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ENERGIES; APROTIC SOLVENTS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; LONE PAIR; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NANOMATERIAL; STILL MISSING; STRETCHABLE ELECTRONICS;

ADSORPTION; CARBON NANOTUBES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISPERSIONS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS;

SOLVENTS;

EID: 84864972540     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/34/344011     Document Type: Article

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