Applications of carbon nanotubes in the twenty-first century

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1823, 2004, Pages 2223-2238

  Endo, Morinobu ^a   Hayashi, Takuaya ^a   Kim, Yoong Ahm ^a   Terrones, Mauricio ^b   Dresselhaus, Milred S ^c  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Chemical vapour deposition; Growth; Size effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244257809     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2004.1437     Document Type: Review

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