TY  - JOUR
AU  - Cabana, Laura
AU  - Ke, Xiaoxing
AU  - Kepić, Dejan P.
AU  - Oro-Sole, Judith
AU  - Tobias-Rossell, Ester
AU  - Tendeloo, Gustaaf Van
AU  - Tobias, Gerard
PY  - 2015
UR  - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/712
AB  - Purification and shortening of carbon nanotubes have attracted a great deal of attention to increase the biocompatibility and performance of the material in several applications. Steam treatment has been employed to afford both purification and shortening of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). Steam removes the amorphous carbon and the graphitic particles that sheath catalytic nanoparticles, facilitating their removal by a subsequent acidic wash. The amount of metal impurities can be reduced in this manner below 0.01 wt.%. The length distribution of MWCNTs after different steam treatment times (from 1 h to 15 h) was assessed by box plot analysis of the electron microscopy data. Samples with a median length of 0.57 mu m have been prepared with the reported methodology while preserving the integrity of the tubular wall structure. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
T2  - Carbon
T1  - The role of steam treatment on the structure, purity and length distribution of multi-walled carbon nanotubes
VL  - 93
SP  - 1059
EP  - 1067
DO  - 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.06.027
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Cabana, Laura and Ke, Xiaoxing and Kepić, Dejan P. and Oro-Sole, Judith and Tobias-Rossell, Ester and Tendeloo, Gustaaf Van and Tobias, Gerard",
year = "2015",
abstract = "Purification and shortening of carbon nanotubes have attracted a great deal of attention to increase the biocompatibility and performance of the material in several applications. Steam treatment has been employed to afford both purification and shortening of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). Steam removes the amorphous carbon and the graphitic particles that sheath catalytic nanoparticles, facilitating their removal by a subsequent acidic wash. The amount of metal impurities can be reduced in this manner below 0.01 wt.%. The length distribution of MWCNTs after different steam treatment times (from 1 h to 15 h) was assessed by box plot analysis of the electron microscopy data. Samples with a median length of 0.57 mu m have been prepared with the reported methodology while preserving the integrity of the tubular wall structure. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.",
journal = "Carbon",
title = "The role of steam treatment on the structure, purity and length distribution of multi-walled carbon nanotubes",
volume = "93",
pages = "1059-1067",
doi = "10.1016/j.carbon.2015.06.027"
}

Cabana, L., Ke, X., Kepić, D. P., Oro-Sole, J., Tobias-Rossell, E., Tendeloo, G. V.,& Tobias, G.. (2015). The role of steam treatment on the structure, purity and length distribution of multi-walled carbon nanotubes. in Carbon, 93, 1059-1067.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2015.06.027

Cabana L, Ke X, Kepić DP, Oro-Sole J, Tobias-Rossell E, Tendeloo GV, Tobias G. The role of steam treatment on the structure, purity and length distribution of multi-walled carbon nanotubes. in Carbon. 2015;93:1059-1067.
doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2015.06.027 .

Cabana, Laura, Ke, Xiaoxing, Kepić, Dejan P., Oro-Sole, Judith, Tobias-Rossell, Ester, Tendeloo, Gustaaf Van, Tobias, Gerard, "The role of steam treatment on the structure, purity and length distribution of multi-walled carbon nanotubes" in Carbon, 93 (2015):1059-1067,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2015.06.027 . .