Growing and characterizing one-dimensional crystals within single-walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-106

  Hutchison, John L ^a   Sloan, Jeremy ^a   Kirkland, Angus I ^a   Green, Malcolm L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Distortion; Halides; Helical; HRTEM; Template

Indexed keywords

CESIUM IODIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); THALLIUM COMPOUNDS; YARN;

GROWTH TEMPLATE; HALIDE; HELICAL; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGING PROPERTIES; MICROSCOPY IMAGING; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CRYSTALS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; STRUCTURE TYPE; TEMPLATE;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 2442428408     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/53.2.101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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