Comparative study of gel-based separated arcdischarge, HiPCO, and CoMoCAT carbon nanotubes for macroelectronic applications

Nano Research

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 906-920

  Zhang, Jialu ^a   Gui, Hui ^a   Liu, Bilu ^a   Liu, Jia ^b   Zhou, Chongwu ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

diameter dependence; gel based column chromatography; purity of semiconducting nanotubes; separated carbon nanotubes; thin film transistors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890116232     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-013-0368-9     Document Type: Article

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