Bundle structure and sliding of single-walled carbon nanotubes observed by frictional-force microscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 832-834

  Miura, K ^a   Ishikawa, M ^a   Kitanishi, R ^a   Yoshimura, M ^b   Ueda, K ^b   Tatsumi, Y ^c   Minami, N ^d  

^a AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0041326456     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1334359     Document Type: Article

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