A photoelectron spectroscopy study of ion-irradiation induced defects in single-wall carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2744-2750

  Chakraborty, Amit K ^a,b   Woolley, R A J ^b   Butenko, Yu V ^c   Dhanak, V R ^d   Siller L ^c   Hunt, M R C ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; IRRADIATION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; VALENCE BANDS;

ION DOSES; SPECTRAL INTENSITY;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 36049038988     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2007.09.036     Document Type: Article

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