Vibrational properties of single-wall nanotubes and monolayers of hexagonal BN

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 1-12

  Sanchez Portal D ^a   Hernandez E ^b  

^a DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

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EID: 84864480824     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.235415     Document Type: Article

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