Effects of tip-nanotube interactions on atomic force microscopy imaging of carbon nanotubes

Nano Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 235-247

  Alizadegan, Rouholla ^a   Liao, Albert D ^a,b   Xiong, Feng ^a,b   Pop, Eric ^a,b   Hsia, K Jimmy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

atomic force microscopy (AFM); Carbon nanotube (CNT); diameter; tip nanotube interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860192148     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-012-0203-8     Document Type: Article

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