Fullerene coalescence in nanopeapods: A path to novel tubular carbon

Nano Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1037-1042

  Hernandez E ^a   Meunier, V ^b   Smith, B W ^c   Rurali, R ^d   Terrones, H ^e   Buongiorno Nardelli, M ^b,f   Terrones, M ^e   Luzzi, D E ^c   Charlier, J C ^g  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^f NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FULLERENE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMERIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0842312120     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl034283f     Document Type: Article

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