Electrostatic deflections and electromechanical resonances of carbon nanotubes

Science

Volumn 283, Issue 5407, 1999, Pages 1513-1516

  Poncharal, Philippe ^a   Wang, Z L ^b   Ugarte, Daniel ^c   De Heer, Walt A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Lab National de Luz Sincrotron ^*  (United States)

^c LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIBRATION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0033525774     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5407.1513     Document Type: Article

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