Molecular Junctions by Joining Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2002, Pages

  Terrones, M ^a   Banhart, F ^b   Grobert, N ^c   Charlier, J C ^d   Terrones, H ^a   Ajayan, P M ^e  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSLINKING; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; ELECTRON BEAM WELDING; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SURFACES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MOLECULAR JUNCTION; SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; STRUCTURAL DEFECTS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 45849155590     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.075505     Document Type: Article

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