Detection of carbon nanotubes in environmental matrices using programmed thermal analysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 12246-12253

  Doudrick, Kyle ^a   Herckes, Pierre ^b   Westerhoff, Paul ^a  

^a AZ 85281   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATRIXES; COMPLEX MATRICES; CURRENT DETECTION LIMITS; ELEMENTAL CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIXES; LOWER DETECTION LIMIT; MULTI-WALLED; ORGANIC MATRIX; POTENTIAL INTERFERENCES; PRETREATMENT METHODS; RESEARCH NEEDS; ROBUST ANALYTICAL METHODS; SET OF RULES; SINGLE-WALLED; THERMAL EVALUATIONS; THERMAL-OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE; URBAN AIR;

AIR QUALITY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

CARBON; ELEMENTAL CARBON; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; ORGANIC CARBON; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON; CYANOBACTERIUM; FUTURE PROSPECT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL ALTERATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE REFLECTANCE; THERMOSTABILITY;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84869393248     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300804f     Document Type: Article

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