Structural anisotropy of magnetically aligned single wall carbon nanotube films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 663-665

  Smith, B W ^a   Benes, Z ^a   Luzzi, D E ^a   Fischer, J E ^a   Walters, D A ^b   Casavant, M J ^b   Schmidt, J ^b   Smalley, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000769720     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.127078     Document Type: Article

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