Prevention of Sn and Pb crystallization in a confined nanospace

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Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1279-1282

  Kobayashi, Keita ^a   Suenaga, Kazu ^a   Saito, Takeshi ^a,b   Iijima, Sumio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Crystal growth; Lead; Tin

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY ACTION; LEAD-TIN; LOW MELTING POINT; NANO-SPACE; PSEUDO-LIQUID PHASE;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LEAD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; SMELTING; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; LEAD; TIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; LEAD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; TIN;

EID: 77953381871     PISSN: 16136810     EISSN: 16136829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201000265     Document Type: Article

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