Preparation and properties of polymer- wrapped single-walled carbon nanotubes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1721-1725

  Star, Alexander ^a   Stoddart, J Fraser ^a   Steuerman, David ^a   Diehl, Mike ^a   Boukai, Akram ^a   Wong, Eric W ^a   Yang, Xin ^a   Chung, Sung Wook ^a   Choi, Hyeon ^a   Heath, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Conducting materials; Molecular devices; Nanotubes; Supramolecular chemistry

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC POLYMERS;

ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENTS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; COVALENT BOND; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMERIZATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035805334     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773(20010504)40:9<1721::AID-ANIE17210>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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