Controlled production of aligned-nanotube bundles

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6637, 1997, Pages 52-55

  Terrones, M ^a   Grobert, N ^a   Olivares, J ^a   Zhang, J P ^b   Terrones, H ^c   Kordatos, K ^a   Hsu, W K ^a   Hare, J P ^a   Townsend, P D ^d   Prassides, K ^a   Cheetham, A K ^b   Kroto, H W ^a   Walton, D R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROLYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0030849611     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/40369     Document Type: Article

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