Effect of sidewall modification in the determination of friction coefficient of vertically aligned carbon nanotube films using friction force microscopy

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2737-2743

  Ler, J G Q ^a   Hao, Yufeng ^a   Thong, J T L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FILMS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; WETTING;

FRICTION FORCE MICROSCOPY; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES (VACNT);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 36048995066     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2007.09.038     Document Type: Article

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