Functionalized, carbon nanotube material for the catalytic degradation of organophosphate nerve agents

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 390-398

  Bailey, Mark M ^a,b   Heddleston, John M ^a   Davis, Jeffrey ^a   Staymates, Jessica L ^a   Hight Walker, Angela R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

catalytically active nanomaterial; chemical warfare agent; single wall carbon nanotube functionalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897825829     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0405-3     Document Type: Article

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