Ultra-thin double-walled carbon nanotubes: A novel nanocontainer for preparing atomic wires

Nano Research

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 759-766

  Shi, Lei ^a   Sheng, Leimei ^a   Yu, Liming ^a   An, Kang ^a   Ando, Yoshinori ^b   Zhao, Xinluo ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arc discharge; carbon chains; double walled carbon nanotubes; field electron emission; nanocontainer; nanowires

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961021457     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-011-0132-y     Document Type: Article

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