Production and measurements of individual single-wall nanotubes and small ropes of carbon

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1610-1612

  Arepalli, Sivaram ^a   Nikolaev, Pavel ^a   Holmes, William ^a   Files, Bradley S ^b  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0035848158     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1352659     Document Type: Article

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