Iodine doped carbon nanotube cables exceeding specific electrical conductivity of metals

Scientific Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zhao, Yao ^a   Wei, Jinquan ^a,b   Vajtai, Robert ^a   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^a   Barrera, Enrique V ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84857427383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00083     Document Type: Article

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