Tuning electronic properties of carbon nanotubes by nitrogen grafting: Chemistry and chemical stability

Carbon

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 118-127

  Scardamaglia, Mattia ^a   Struzzi, Claudia ^a   Aparicio Rebollo, Francisco J ^a   De Marco, Patrizia ^a   Mudimela, Prasantha R ^c   Colomer, Jean François ^c   Amati, Matteo ^b   Gregoratti, Luca ^b   Petaccia, Luca ^b   Snyders, Rony ^a   Bittencourt, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL STABILITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; NITROGEN PLASMA; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TUNING;

ENERGETIC SPECIES; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; HEXAGONAL LATTICE; NITROGEN SPECIES; PLASMA TREATMENT; SPECTROMICROSCOPY; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE; X RAY PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84916917485     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.11.009     Document Type: Article

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