Structural and electronic properties of carbon nanotube tapers

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 19, 2001, Pages

  Meunier, V ^a   Nardelli, M Buongiorno ^a   Roland, C ^a   Bernholc, J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; KINETICS; NANOPARTICLE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035891045     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.195419     Document Type: Article

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