Minimizing purification-induced defects in single-walled carbon nanotubes gives films with improved conductivity

Nano Research

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 865-871

  Wang, Yu ^a   Huang, Liping ^a   Liu, Yunqi ^a   Wei, Dacheng ^a   Zhang, Hongliang ^a   Kajiura, Hisashi ^b   Li, Yongming ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SONY CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube film; Conductivity; Coordination chemistry; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549139791     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-009-9087-7     Document Type: Article

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