In situ observation of thermal relaxation of interstitial-vacancy pair defects in a graphite gap

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 15, 2005, Pages

  Urita, Koki ^a   Suenaga, Kazu ^a   Sugai, Toshiki ^b   Shinohara, Hisanori ^b   Iijima, Sumio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBES (DWNT); INTERSTITIAL ATOMS; INTERSTITIAL VACANCY PAIR DEFECTS; THERMAL RELAXATION;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; GRAPHITE; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 18144385868     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.155502     Document Type: Article

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