Large-Scale Production of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Using Ultrafast Pulses from a Free Electron Laser

Nano Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 561-566

  Eklund, P C ^a   Pradhan, B K ^a   Kim, U J ^a   Xiong, Q ^a   Fischer, J E ^b   Friedman, A D ^c   Holloway, B C ^c   Jordan, K ^d   Smith, M W ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0010739599     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl025515y     Document Type: Article

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