Self-organized nanotube serpentines

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 195-200

  Geblinger, Noam ^a   Ismach, Ariel ^a   Joselevich, Ernesto ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DRAG; GEOMETRY; NANOTUBES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; YARN;

COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; CRITICAL CHALLENGES; DISSIPATIVE FORCES; HEATING AND COOLING; OPTICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; SELF-ORGANIZED NANOTUBES; TRANSMITTING ANTENNA;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOTUBE; SERPENTINE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADHESION; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FLOW RATE; FORCE; GEOMETRY; KINETICS; NANODEVICE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 41849121851     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2008.59     Document Type: Article

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