Carbon-allotropes: Synthesis methods, applications and future perspectives

Carbon Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 219-237

  Karthik, P S ^a   Himaja, A L ^a   Singh, Surya Prakash ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon nanomaterials; Carbon nanotubes; Carbon allotropes; Fullerenes; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941424726     PISSN: 19764251     EISSN: 22334998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5714/CL.2014.15.4.219     Document Type: Review

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