Electron-induced cutting of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 178-185

  Rauwald, Urs ^a   Shaver, Jonah ^a   Klosterman, Donald A ^b   Chen, Zheyi ^a   Silvera Batista, Carlos ^c   Schmidt, Howard K ^a   Hauge, Robert H ^a   Smalley, Richard E ^a   Ziegler, Kirk J ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELECTRONS; IRRADIATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

AVERAGE LENGTHS; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATIONS; FLUENCE; FLUENCES; HIGH ENERGIES; IRRADIATION CONDITIONS; LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; PRISTINE NANOTUBES; SIDE-WALLS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 56949099124     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.09.043     Document Type: Article

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