Recent progress on the synthesis and applications of carbon nanotubes

Handbook of Innovative Nanomaterials: From Syntheses to Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 639-663

  Tao, Yousheng ^a,b   Endo, Morinobu ^b   Kaneko, Katsumi ^b  

^a FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; LASER ABLATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; POROUS MATERIALS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CATALYST PARTICLES; CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; NUMBER OF LAYERS; POST-SYNTHESIS TREATMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SPACE TIME YIELD; STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84880185259     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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