Nanotubes

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 706-715

  Bernholc, Jerzy ^a   Roland, Christopher ^a   Yakobson, Boris I ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HRTEM high resolution transmission electron microscopy; SWNT single wall carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003119067     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0286(97)80014-9     Document Type: Article

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