Mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes: A fiber digest for beginners

Carbon

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1729-1734

  Salvetat Delmotte, Jean Paul ^a   Rubio, Angel ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; D. Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STIFFNESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

SINGLE WALL NANOTUBES (SWNT);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0036679715     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(02)00012-X     Document Type: Article

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