Mechanism of strain release in carbon nanotubes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 1998, Pages R4277-R4280

  Buongiorno Nardelli, Marco ^a   Yakobson, B ^a   Bernholc, J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0542395694     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.57.R4277     Document Type: Article

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