Characterization of carbon nanotubes and analytical methods for their determination in environmental and biological samples: A review

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 853, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 77-94

  Herrero Latorre, C ^a   Alvarez Mendez J ^a   Barciela Garcia J ^a   Garcia Martin S ^a   Pena Crecente R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Characterization techniques; Determination methods

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHARACTERIZATION; YARN;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; DETERMINATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; FUTURE TRENDS; SAMPLING PROCEDURES; SEPARATION TECHNIQUES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; AIR ANALYSIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NONHUMAN; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOIL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WATER ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING PROBE; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 84922470054     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.10.008     Document Type: Review

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