Effect of laser radiation on multi-wall carbon nanotubes: Study of shell structure and immobilization process

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  György, Enikö ^a,b   Pérez Del Pino, Ángel ^a   Roqueta, Jaume ^a   Ballesteros, Belén ^a   Cabana, Laura ^a   Tobias, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER   (Romania)

Author keywords

Laser transfer; Multi wall carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; EXCIMER LASERS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PULSED LASERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; TUNGSTEN METALLOGRAPHY; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

EXCIMER LASER SOURCES; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLASS SUBSTRATES; IMMOBILIZATION PROCESS; IRRADIATION EXPERIMENTS; LASER TRANSFER; MATRIX ASSISTED PULSED LASER EVAPORATION; NANOTUBE BUNDLES;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; EVAPORATION; EXCIMER LASER; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMOBILIZATION; LASER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84883486070     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1852-6     Document Type: Article

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