Efficient synthesis of carbon nanotubes with improved surface area by low-temperature solvothermal route from dichlorobenzene

Chemical Papers

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1396-1403

  Krishnamurthy, Gantigaiah ^a   Agarwal, Sarika ^a  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

1,2 dichlorobenzene; CNTs bundles; low temperature synthesis; solvothermal process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879887206     PISSN: 03666352     EISSN: 13369075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11696-013-0397-6     Document Type: Article

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