Atomic structure and electronic properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6662, 1998, Pages 62-64

  Odom, Teri Wang ^a   Huang, Jin Lin ^a   Kim, Philip ^a   Lieber, Charles M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031912473     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/34145     Document Type: Article

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