Structural characterization of atomically regulated nanocrystals formed within single-walled carbon nanotubes using electron microscopy

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1054-1062

  Sloan, Jeremy ^a   Kirkland, Angus I ^b   Hutchison, John L ^a   Green, Malcolm L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATERIAL STATE; MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0036920005     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar010169x     Document Type: Article

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