Electrochemistry using single carbon nanotubes [1]

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 3779-3780

  Campbell, Joseph K ^a   Sun, Li ^a   Crooks, Richard M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; INSULATION; NANOTUBES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY (SECM); SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY (SPM);

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LETTER; POTENTIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0033594322     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja990001v     Document Type: Letter

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