Two-dimensional coalescence dynamics of encapsulated metallofullerenes in carbon nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 10084-10089

  Allen, Christopher S ^a   Ito, Yasuhiro ^a   Robertson, Alex W ^a   Shinohara, Hisanori ^b   Warner, Jamie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

aberration corrected; carbon nanotube; coalescence; fullerenes; HRTEM; peapods

Indexed keywords

2-D PACKING; ABERRATION-CORRECTED; CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; CROSS SECTIONAL PROFILES; HRTEM; INTERMEDIATE STAGE; METALLOFULLERENES; PEA PODS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COALESCENCE; FULLERENES; LANTHANUM; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBE; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; LANTHANUM; METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ELASTIC MODULUS; FULLERENES; LANTHANUM; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84555190981     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204003h     Document Type: Article

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