Carbon microtubes: Tuning internal diameters and conical angles

Nanotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages

  Bhimarasetti, Gopinath ^a,c   Cowley, John M ^b   Sunkara, Mahendra K ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; GALLIUM; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WETTING;

CARBON MICROTUBES (CMT); CONICAL ANGLES; GROWTH MECHANISMS; NANOMETERS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 21144449756     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/16/7/008     Document Type: Article

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