Electronic properties of mechanically induced kinks in single-walled carbon nanotubes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 3693-3695

  Bozovic, Dolores ^a   Bockrath, M ^a   Hafner, Jason H ^b   Lieber, Charles M ^b   Park, Hongkun ^b   Tinkham, M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035806144     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1377316     Document Type: Article

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