Mechanical relaxation and "intramolecular plasticity" in carbon nanotubes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 918-920

  Yakobson, B I ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001250786     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.120873     Document Type: Article

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