Linear specific heat of carbon nanotubes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 14, 1999, Pages R9015-R9018

  Pan, Z W ^a   Xie, S S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 0001554865     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.R9015     Document Type: Article

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