A composite method for the determination of the chirality of single walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 152-157

  Meyer, R R ^a   Friedrichs, S ^a   Kirkland, A I ^a   Sloan, J ^a   Hutchison, J L ^a   Green, M L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Chirality; High resolution electron microscopy; Image restoration

Indexed keywords

CHIRALITY; FOURIER SERIES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); YARN;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; CHARACTERIZATION PROCEDURES; COMPOSITE METHOD; EXIT PLANES; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PLANE WAVE; REAL-SPACE RESTORATION; SINGLE-WALLED; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES;

RESTORATION;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0242574473     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01240.x     Document Type: Article

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