Covalently bonded three-dimensional carbon nanotube solids via boron induced nanojunctions

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hashim, Daniel P ^a   Narayanan, Narayanan T ^a   Romo Herrera, Jose M ^b   Cullen, David A ^c   Hahm, Myung Gwan ^a   Lezzi, Peter ^d   Suttle, Joseph R ^e   Kelkhoff, Doug ^f   Munoz Sandoval E ^g,n   Ganguli, Sabyasachi ^h   Roy, Ajit K ^h   Smith, David J ⁱ   Vajtai, Robert ^a   Sumpter, Bobby G ^c   Meunier, Vincent ^j   Terrones, Humberto ^c,k   Terrones, Mauricio ^l,m   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^g INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^h AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^l PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

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EID: 84860160804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00363     Document Type: Article

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