Humidity effect on the interaction between carbon nanotubes and graphite

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 256, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4672-4676

  Chabrier, David ^a,b   Bhushan, Bharat ^a   Marsaudon, Sophie ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Force curve; HOPG; MWNT; SWNT

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRAPHITE; YARN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY TIPS; DISSIPATIVE ENERGY; FORCE CURVE; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; HOPG; HUMIDITY EFFECTS; MWNT; SWNT;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77950560358     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.02.070     Document Type: Article

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