Ab initio study of benzene adsorption on carbon nanotubes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 16, 2005, Pages

  Tournus, F ^a   Charlier, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 28644451966     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.165421     Document Type: Article

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