Single-wall carbon nanotubes as molecular pressure sensors

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 76, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 2883-2885

  Wood, Jonathan R ^a   Wagner, H Daniel ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 0000765771     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.126505     Document Type: Article

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