Enhanced π-π interactions between a C60 fullerene and a buckle bend on a double-walled carbon nanotube

Nano Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 92-97

  Gorantla, Sandeep ^a   Avdoshenko, Stanislav ^b   Börrnert, Felix ^a   Bachmatiuk, Alicja ^a   Dimitrakopoulou, Maria ^a   Schäffel, Franziska ^a   Schönfelder, Ronny ^a   Thomas, Jürgen ^a   Gemming, Thomas ^a   Warner, Jamie H ^c   Cuniberti, Gianaurelio ^b   Eckert, Jürgen ^a   Büchner, Bernd ^a   Rümmeli, Mark H ^a  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Fullerenes; Low voltage transmission electron microscopy; Molecule trap

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949303726     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-010-1012-6     Document Type: Article

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