Tube-tube and tube-surface interactions in straight suspended carbon nanotube structures

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 110, Issue 43, 2006, Pages 21419-21423

  Abrams, Z R ^a   Hanein, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBE STRUCTURES; HIGH-RESOLUTION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (HR-SEM); TUBE SURFACE DYNAMICS; TUBE SURFACE INTERACTIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33751290173     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp063392q     Document Type: Article

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