Fullerene nanotubes: C 1,000,000 and beyond

American Scientist

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 324-337

  Yakobson, Boris I ^a   Smalley, Richard E ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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