Chapter 1 Nanotubes: an experimental overview

Contemporary Concepts of Condensed Matter Science

Volumn 3, Issue C, 2008, Pages 1-27

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DOI: 10.1016/S1572-0934(08)00001-2     Document Type: Review

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