Coaxial nanocable: Silicon carbide and silicon oxide sheathed with boron nitride and carbon

Science

Volumn 281, Issue 5379, 1998, Pages 973-975

  Zhang, Y ^a   Suenaga, K ^a   Colliex, C ^a   Iijima, S ^a  

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Indexed keywords

BORON; CARBON; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032516650     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5379.973     Document Type: Article

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