Giant cationic polyelectrolytes generated via electrochemical oxidation of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hodge, Stephen A ^a   Bayazit, Mustafa K ^a   Tay, Hui Huang ^a   Shaffer, Milo S P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYELECTROLYTE; SILICON; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

CATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTE; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; FULLERENE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DENSITY; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NUCLEOPHILICITY; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84879956660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2989     Document Type: Article

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