Regularly coiled carbon nanotubes

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 362-367

  Biró, László P ^a   Márk, Géza I ^a   Lambin, Philippe ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coiled carbon nanotube; Haeckelite tubes; Nontiexagonal rings

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COILED CARBON NANOTUBES; HAECKELITE TUBES; NONHEXAGONAL RINGS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 3042842285     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2003.820813     Document Type: Conference Paper

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