Study of the interface between rhodium and carbon nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1680-1686

  Suarez Martinez, Irene ^a   Ewels, Christopher P ^a   Ke, Xiaoxing ^b   Van Tendeloo, Gustaaf ^b   Thiess, Sebastian ^c   Drube, Wolfgang ^c   Felten, Alexander ^d   Pireaux, Jean Jacques ^d   Ghijsen, Jacques ^d   Bittencourt, Carla ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c DESY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Interface; Metal carbon nanotube interaction; Nucleation; Rhodium

Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NUCLEATION; OXYGEN; PHOTONS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; RHODIUM; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

DEFECT SITES; DFT CALCULATION; NANOTUBE CONTACTS; OXYGEN PLASMA TREATMENTS; PHOTON ENERGY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77950100715     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn9015955     Document Type: Article

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