Ion-irradiation-induced welding of carbon nanotubes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 2454031-2454036

  Krasheninnikov, A V ^b   Nordlund, K ^b   Keinonen, J ^b   Banhart, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ION TRANSPORT; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WELDING;

EID: 0142119834     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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