Ultralong single-wall carbon nanotubes

Nature Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 673-676

  Zheng, L X ^a   O'Connell, M J ^a   Doorn, S K ^a   Liao, X Z ^a   Zhao, Y H ^a   Akhadov, E A ^a   Hoffbauer, M A ^a   Roop, B J ^a   Jia, Q X ^a   Dye, R C ^a   Peterson, D E ^a   Huang, S M ^b   Liu, J ^b   Zhu, Y T ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC MOTORS; ETHANOL; FURNACES; MICROELECTRONICS; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MICRO-ELECTRIC MOTORS; NANOCONDUCTING CABLES; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES (SWNT);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 5444219987     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1216     Document Type: Article

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