Synthetic Approaches for Carbon Nanotubes

Nanofabrication Towards Biomedical Applications: Techniques, Tools, Applications, and Impact

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 33-55

  Wei, Bingqing ^a   Vajtai, Robert ^b   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical applications; Family of carbon nanomaterials; Nanofabrication; Perspective on biomedical applications; Synthesis of carbon nanotubes; Synthetic approaches for carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890629257     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/3527603476.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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