Synthesis of single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes by arc-water method

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 200-203

  Montoro, Luciano Andrey ^a   Lofrano, Renata C Z ^a   Rosolen, José Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; B. Arc discharge; C. Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEFECTS; HYDROGELS; LASER ABLATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

ARC-WATER METHOD; MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWNT); SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWNT); WATER MOLECULES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 9644289464     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.08.014     Document Type: Article

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