Interaction of Carbon Nanotubes and Small Molecules

Supramolecular Soft Matter: Applications in Materials and Organic Electronics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 381-406

  Srinivasan, Sampath ^a   Ajayaghosh, Ayyappanpillai ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes, small molecule interaction; Ionic liquid and CNTs interaction; Linear conjugated molecules

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884530655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118095331.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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