Carbon nanotube structure, synthesis, and applications

The Toxicology of Carbon Nanotubes

Volumn 9781107008373, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-37

  Singh, Charanjeet ^a   Song, Wenhui ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; FULLERENES; NANOELECTRONICS; NANOSCIENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); YARN;

CARBON NANO-TUBE STRUCTURES; CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; DEVICES AND SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; FULLERENE STRUCTURE; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; SINGLEWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNT); VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84925585586     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511919893.001     Document Type: Chapter

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