Carbon nanotubes characterization by X-ray powder diffraction – A review

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-35

  Das, Rasel ^a   Hamid, Sharifah Bee Abd ^a   Ali, Md Eaqub ^a   Ramakrishna, Seeram ^b   Yongzhi, Wu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Characterization; Structure; X ray powder diffraction

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIFFRACTION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

CHARACTERIZATION TOOLS; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CATALYSIS; GLOBAL FEATURE; MICRO-ARRAY CHIPS; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; REFERENCE GUIDES; SCANNING ELECTRONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ADSORBENT; CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHENE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

AMBIGUITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATHODE RAY TUBE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROCHIP ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84937390020     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: 18756786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573413710666140818210043     Document Type: Article

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