Deformation of carbon nanotubes by surface van der Waals forces

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 13870-13873

  Hertel, Tobias ^a   Walkup, Robert E ^a   Avouris, Phaedon ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000786508     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.13870     Document Type: Article

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