Calculation of the electronic and thermal properties of C/BN nanotubular heterostructures

Inorganic Materials

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 595-603

  Enyashin, A N ^a   Seifert, G ^b   Ivanovskii, A L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 21544437453     PISSN: 00201685     EISSN: 16083172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10789-005-0176-z     Document Type: Article

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