Controlled surface functionalization of multiwall carbon nanotubes by HNO3 hydrothermal oxidation

Carbon

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 311-326

  Likodimos, Vlassis ^a   Steriotis, Theodore A ^a   Papageorgiou, Sergios K ^a   Romanos, George Em ^a   Marques, Rita R N ^b   Rocha, Raquel P ^b   Faria, Joaquim L ^b   Pereira, Manuel F R ^b   Figueiredo, José L ^b   Silva, Adrián M T ^b   Falaras, Polycarpos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMATION AND EVOLUTIONS; FUNCTIONALIZATION PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL OXIDATION; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; LIQUID-PHASE OXIDATION; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; NITRIC ACID TREATMENT; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NITRIC ACID; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

SURFACES;

EID: 84892784374     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.12.030     Document Type: Article

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