Packing-induced electronic structure changes in bundled single-wall carbon nanotubes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Castrucci, P ^a   Scarselli, M ^a   De Crescenzi, M ^a   Diociaiuti, M ^b   Chistolini, P ^b   El Khakani, M A ^c   Rosei, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c INRS EMT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL PACKING;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 24644488182     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2039989     Document Type: Article

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