Charge-Induced Anisotropic Distortions of Semiconducting and Metallic Carbon Nanotubes

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Gartstein, Yu N ^a   Zakhidov, A A ^b   Baughman, R H ^b  

^a XEROX CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ANISOTROPY; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ELECTRONS; GRAPHITE; KINETIC ENERGY;

ANISOTROPIC DISTORTIONS; ELECTRON KINETIC ENERGY; SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 45849155210     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.045503     Document Type: Article

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