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Carbon Nanotubes: A Brief Outlook on History, Synthesis Methods and Various Bio-Hydrocarbon Sources

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This paper reports a brief outlook of carbon nanotubes (CNT) history, synthesis methods as well as natural carbon sources such as camphor powder, turpentine, eucalyptus, palm, neem, coconut, castor, olive, corn, sesame oil, palm olein, waste cooking palm oil and waste chicken fat.

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A.R. Dalila, Suriani Abu Bakar, M.S. Rosmi, R. Rosazley, Jaafar Rosli, M. Rusop

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Arc-Discharge, Carbon Nanotube (CN), Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), Laser Ablation, Spray Pyrolysis

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