Processing and properties of highly enriched double-wall carbon nanotubes

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-70

  Green, Alexander A ^a   Hersam, Mark C ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; NANOTUBES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; YARN;

DOUBLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBE; DOUBLE WALL NANOTUBE; ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; INTERWALL INTERACTION; MULTIWALL NANOTUBES; PROCESSING AND PROPERTIES; SINGLE WALL NANOTUBES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

DOUBLE WALLED NANOTUBE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; AVERAGE; CONDUCTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 58149216328     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2008.364     Document Type: Article

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