Single-wall carbon nanotubes purification and oxidation

UPB Scientific Bulletin, Series B: Chemistry and Materials Science

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 55-66

  Ciobotaru, Constantin Claudiu ^a   Damian, Celina Maria ^a   Iovu, Horia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Oxidation; Purification; Single wall carbon nanotube; Thermogravimetric analysis

Indexed keywords

METAL PARTICLE; OXIDATION REACTIONS; SURFACE ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRONS;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; OXIDATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SURFACE DEFECTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PURIFICATION;

EID: 84878822127     PISSN: 14542331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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