Self-assembly of sidewall functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 112, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 12321-12325

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Zhang, Lei ^b   Khabashesku, Valery N ^b,c   Barron, Andrew R ^b,c   Kelly, Kevin F ^a,c  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONALIZED; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES;

FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SCANNING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR; THIOPHENE; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 50649124869     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp711658b     Document Type: Article

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