Electronic, thermal and mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes

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

Volumn 362, Issue 1823, 2004, Pages 2065-2098

  Dresselhaus, M S ^a   Dresselhaus, G ^b   Charlier, J C ^c   Hernandez E ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electronic properties; Mechanical properties; Nanotubes; Phonon properties; Raman spectroscopy; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244260735     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2004.1430     Document Type: Review

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