Electronic structure of atomically resolved carbon nanotubes

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6662, 1998, Pages 59-62

  Wildöer, Jeroen W G ^a   Venema, Liesbeth C ^a   Rinzler, Andrew G ^b   Smalley, Richard E ^b   Dekker, Cees ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CARBON; CRYSTAL LATTICES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CARBON; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 2642660458     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/34139     Document Type: Article

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