Evaluation of the overall crystalline quality of amorphous carbon containing multiwalled nanotubes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4815-4823

  Santangelo, Saveria ^a   Lanza, Maurizio ^b   Milone, Candida ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS PHASIS; APPARENT ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARBON CONTAINING; COMPLEMENTARY TECHNIQUES; CRYSTALLINE QUALITY; MULTI-WALLED NANOTUBES; THERMAL KINETIC ANALYSIS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AMORPHOUS CARBON; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEFECTS; NANOTUBES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOANALYSIS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84874920742     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp310014w     Document Type: Article

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