Plumbing carbon nanotubes

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-21

  Jin, Chuanhong ^a   Suenaga, Kazu ^a   Iijima, Sumio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; JOINING; WATER PIPELINES; YARN;

BOTTOM UP; CARBON NANOTUBE DEVICES; HEATING PROCESS; HOLLOW NANOSTRUCTURES; METAL PARTICLE; NANOTUBE STRUCTURE; WATER PIPES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 37849004905     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2007.406     Document Type: Article

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