Predictions of enhanced chemical reactivity at regions of local conformational strain on carbon nanotubes: Kinky chemistry

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 103, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 4330-4337

  Srivastava, Deepak ^a   Brenner, Donald W ^b   Schall, J David ^b   Ausman, Kevin D ^c   Yu, MinFeng ^c   Ruoff, Rodney S ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Campus Box 7908   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000926377     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp990882s     Document Type: Article

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