Premade Nanoparticle Films for the Synthesis of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Hoque, A.; Ullah, A.; Guiton, B.S.; Alvarez, N.T. Premade Nanoparticle Films for the Synthesis of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes. C 2021, 7, 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/c7040079
Hoque A, Ullah A, Guiton BS, Alvarez NT. Premade Nanoparticle Films for the Synthesis of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes. C. 2021; 7(4):79. https://doi.org/10.3390/c7040079
Chicago/Turabian StyleHoque, Abdul, Ahamed Ullah, Beth S. Guiton, and Noe T. Alvarez. 2021. "Premade Nanoparticle Films for the Synthesis of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes" C 7, no. 4: 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/c7040079