Controllable melting and flow of β-Sn in flexible amorphous carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3122-3127

  Tao, Xinyong ^a   Dong, Lixin ^b   Zhang, Wenkui ^a   Zhang, Xiaobin ^c   Cheng, Jipeng ^c   Huang, Hui ^a   Gan, Yongping ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SHELLS; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; ELECTRON-BEAM CURRENT; INDUCED MELTING; MASS FLOW RATE; TEMPERATURE RISE; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; THERMAL PYROLYSIS;

ACETYLENE; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC WIRE; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; LIGHTING; MELTING; NANOWIRES; TIN;

AMORPHOUS CARBON;

EID: 68749095983     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.07.032     Document Type: Article

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