New metric for evaluating the purity of single-walled carbon nanotubes using ultraviolet-visible-near infrared absorption spectroscopy

Carbon

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-80

  Goak, Jeung Choon ^a   Lee, Han Sung ^a   Han, Jong Hun ^b   Park, Jun Young ^a   Seo, Yongho ^a   Kim, Ki Beum ^a   Lee, Naesung ^a  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PURIFICATION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

ABSORPTION PEAKS; CARBONACEOUS IMPURITIES; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; ISOTHERMAL OXIDATIONS; MATERIAL QUALITY; METALLIC TUBES; SAMPLE SETS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS);

INFRARED ABSORPTION;

EID: 84900797805     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.03.032     Document Type: Article

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