Raman scattering study of the thermal conversion of bundled carbon nanotubes into graphitic nanoribbons

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 729-740

  Kim, Un Jeong ^a   Gutiérrez, Humberto R ^a   Gupta, Awnish K ^a   Eklund, Peter C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; GRAPHITE; LASER EXCITATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RAMAN SCATTERING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GRAPHITIC NANORIBBONS; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 41549167592     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.01.030     Document Type: Article

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