Structure and diameter-dependent bond lengths of a multi-walled carbon nanotube revealed by electron diffraction

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3515-3528

  Zhang, Jiong ^a   Zuo, J M ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC STRUCTURE; AXIAL PERIODICITY; C-C BONDS; CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; GRAPHENES; HEXAGONAL STRUCTURES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SMALL-DIAMETER; TUBE DIAMETERS; UNIT CELLS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON TUBES; GRAPHITE; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

BOND LENGTH;

EID: 70349149788     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.08.024     Document Type: Article

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