Multi-wall carbon nanotubes with uniform chirality: Evidence for scroll structures

Carbon

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 423-427

  Ruland, W ^a   Schaper, A K ^a   Hou, H ^a   Greiner, A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; B. Pyrolysis; C. Electron microscopy; D. Microstructure; Electron diffraction

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURE;

SCROLL STRUCTURES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0037271196     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(02)00342-1     Document Type: Article

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