Plasma fluorination of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 28, 2013, Pages 14635-14641

  Saikia, Nayan Jyoti ^a,b   Ewels, Chris ^c   Colomer, Jean François ^d   Aleman, Belen ^e   Amati, Matteo ^e   Gregoratti, Luca ^e   Hemberg, Axel ^f   Thiry, Damien ^a   Snyders, Rony ^a,f   Bittencourt, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^e SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^f MATERIA NOVA RESEARCH CENTER   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE PROPERTIES; FLUORINE CONCENTRATIONS; PLASMA FLUORINATION; PRISTINE NANOTUBES; SELECTIVE FUNCTIONALIZATION; SURFACE WETTABILITY; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRONS;

FLUORINATION; GAS MIXTURES; HALOGENATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PHOTOELECTRONS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

FLUORINE;

EID: 84880540067     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp404177p     Document Type: Article

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