Self-assembled hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene graphitic nanotube

Science

Volumn 304, Issue 5676, 2004, Pages 1481-1483

  Hill, Jonathan P ^a   Jin, Wusong ^a   Kosaka, Atsuko ^a   Fukushima, Takanori ^a   Ichihara, Hideki ^b   Shimomura, Takeshi ^b   Ito, Kohzo ^b   Hashizume, Tomihiro ^c   Ishii, Noriyuki ^d   Aida, Takuzo ^a  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GLYCOLS; GRAPHITE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXIDATION; REDOX REACTIONS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

GRAPHITIC NANOTUBES; HEXA-PERI-HEXABENZOCORONENE; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; OPEN-ENDED HOLLOW SPACES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHITE; HEXAPERIHEXABENZOCORONENE; NANOTUBE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FULLERENE; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; HYDROPHILICITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 2642574190     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1097789     Document Type: Article

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