Direct evidence for the existence of multi-walled carbon nanotubes with hexagonal cross-sections

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2524-2529

  He, Zhanbing ^a   Ke, Xiaoxing ^a   Bals, Sara ^a   Van Tendeloo, Gustaaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES (CNTS); CATALYTIC NANOPARTICLE; CATALYTIC PARTICLES; CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; CROSS SECTIONAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; HEXAGONAL CROSS-SECTIONS; MULTI-WALLED; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84858450828     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.01.075     Document Type: Article

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