Dynamic dielectric response and electron-energy-loss spectra of individual single-walled BN nanotubes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Margulis, Vl A ^a,b   Muryumin, E E ^a   Gaiduk, E A ^a  

^a OGAREV MORDOVIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b NONE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 38549156678     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.035425     Document Type: Article

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