Size dependent intrinsic bulk twisting of carbon nanotube ropes

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 3189-3194

  Liang, H Y ^a   Upmanyu, M ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Carbon nanotubes; Crystallite size; Modeling; Single crystal

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CRYSTALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

CARBON NANOTUBE ROPES (CNTR); CRYSTALLITE SIZES; ELASTIC DISTORTION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 24944520908     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.05.040     Document Type: Article

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