Long ropes of boron nitride nanotubes grown by a continuous laser heating

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 76, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 3239-3241

  Laude, Thomas ^a   Matsui, Yoshio ^a   Marraud, Alain ^b   Jouffrey, Bernard ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

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EID: 0000858446     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.126593     Document Type: Article

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