Optical visualization of individual ultralong carbon nanotubes by chemical vapour deposition of titanium dioxide nanoparticles

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Rufan ^a   Zhang, Yingying ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a   Xie, Huanhuan ^a   Wang, Haidong ^b   Nie, Jingqi ^a   Wen, Qian ^a   Wei, Fei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CARBON; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RESOLUTION; VAPOR PRESSURE; VISUAL ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

ARTICLE; LIGHT; MICROSCOPE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; VACUUM; VAPOR;

EID: 84877734725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2736     Document Type: Article

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