Fabrication of carbon nanotubes by electrical breakdown of carbon-coated Au nanowires

Materials Letters

Volumn 64, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1583-1586

  Briston, K J ^a   Peng, Y ^a   Cullis, A G ^a   Inkson, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Electrical measurements; Electrically induced graphitization; Gold nanowire; In situ TEM

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; AU NANOWIRES; ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS; GOLD NANOWIRE; GRAPHITIC CARBONS; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; IN-SITU TEM; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; PARENT METAL; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC WIRE; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITIZATION; NANOWIRES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77953128014     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2010.04.035     Document Type: Article

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