Liquid carbon, carbon-glass beads, and the crystallization of carbon nanotubes

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5711, 2005, Pages 907-910

  De Heer, Walt A ^a   Poncharal, Philippe ^b   Berger, Claire ^c   Gezo, Joseph ^d   Song, Zhimin ^a   Bettini, Jefferson ^e   Ugarte, Daniel ^e,f  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; COATINGS; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; GLASS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CARBON ARC; CARBON LAYERS; CARBON-GLASS BEADS; COLUMNAR STRUCTURES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON; GLASS; NANOTUBE;

CARBON;

ARTICLE; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVAPORATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 13644260828     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1107035     Document Type: Article

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