Synthesis of single-wall carbon nanotubes by excimer laser ablation

Surface Engineering and Applied Electrochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 294-299

  Bota, P M ^a   Dorobantu, D ^a   Boerasu, I ^a   Bojin, D ^a   Enachescu, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

Author keywords

laser ablation; Raman spectroscopy; single wall carbon nanotubes; transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXCIMER LASERS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HOT PRESSING; LASER ABLATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YARN;

CARBONACEOUS SPECIES; CONFOCAL RAMAN MICROSCOPY; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; KRF EXCIMER LASER; LASER ABLATION CHAMBERS; NEW APPROACHES; OXIDATION TEMPERATURE;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84926022696     PISSN: 10683755     EISSN: 19348002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3103/S106837551404005X     Document Type: Article

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