Formation of single-wall carbon nanotubes by laser ablation of fullerenes at low temperature

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3087-3089

  Zhang, Y ^a   Iijima, S ^a,b  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0001297002     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.125239     Document Type: Article

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