Comparative studies on the electrical and mechanical behavior of catalytically grown multiwalled carbon nanotubes and scrolled graphene

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3295-3300

  Schaper, Andreas K ^a   Wang, Ming Sheng ^b,c   Xu, Zhi ^b,d   Bando, Yoshio ^b   Golberg, Dmitri ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

electrical and mechanical properties; in situ transmission electron microscope measurements; Scrolled graphene and multiwalled CNTs

Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; CATALYTIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ELECTRIC RESPONSE; ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; IN-SITU; IN-SITU TRANSMISSION; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL BENDING; NANOSCROLLS; SCROLLED GRAPHENE AND MULTIWALLED CNTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TUBE STRUCTURES;

BENDING (FORMING); CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; GRAPHENE; IN SITU PROCESSING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 80051652737     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl201655c     Document Type: Article

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