Raman scattering study of coalesced single walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2405-2411

  Fang, S L ^a   Rao, A M ^a   Eklund, P C ^a   Nikolaev, P ^b   Rinzler, A G ^b   Smalley, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COALESCENCE; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDROGEN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

LINESHAPE ANALYSIS; RESONANT SCATTERING; SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBES (SWNT);

NANOTUBES;

EID: 0032166765     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.1998.0333     Document Type: Article

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