Laser-induced exfoliation of amorphous carbon layer on an individual multiwall carbon nanotube

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Singh, G ^a   Rice, P ^a   Hurst, K E ^b   Lehman, J H ^b   Mahajan, R L ^c  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LASER CLEANING; LASER-INDUCED EXFOLIATION; RADIAL DIMENSIONS;

AMORPHOUS CARBON;

EID: 34547141642     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2756357     Document Type: Article

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