Preparation and characterization of junction-like multiwall carbon nanotubes [5]

Carbon

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 380-384

  Li, Yubao ^a   Xie, Sishen ^b   Zhou, Weiya ^b   Bando, Yoshio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; B. Arc discharge; C. Electron microscopy; D. Defects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037212153     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(02)00349-4     Document Type: Letter

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