A simple, reliable technique for making electrical contact to multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 323-325

  De Pablo, P J ^a   Graugnard, E ^b   Walsh, B ^b   Andres, R P ^b   Datta, S ^b   Reifenberger, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001748954     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.123011     Document Type: Article

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