Unambiguous atomic structural determination of single-walled carbon nanotubes by electron diffraction

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 662-667

  Jiang, Hua ^a   Nasibulin, Albert G ^b   Brown, David P ^b   Kauppinen, Esko I ^a,b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Center for New Materials   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CHIRAL INDICES; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION PATTERNS (EDP); SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCNT); TILT ANGLE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33846464618     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2006.07.025     Document Type: Article

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